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Julius Franks was born in Macon, Georgia, on September 5,1922, to Julius Franks Sr. and Nelly Mae Franks (nee Solomon). When Julius Jr. was two years old, the family relocated [...]

In 1932, Willis Ward became the first African-American football player to earn a varsity letter at the University of Michigan since George Jewett 40 years prior. Ward went on to [...]

From his days at Detroit's Cass Technical High School to his triumphant seasons at the University of Michigan to winning the gold at the 1932 Summer Olympics, Eddie Tolan made [...]

In the late nineteenth century, football spread from its original home in the northeastern region of the United States--where Rutgers and Princeton Universities faced off in the first-ever game of [...]

In 1911, Cornelius L. Henderson became the second African American to earn an engineering degree from the University of Michigan. He went on to serve as a pioneering steel engineer [...]

Following armed conflict in the North Waziristan Agency, a mental health and psychosocial support initiative was launched for internally displaced persons in Bannu, Pakistan. This was convened by volunteer mental health professionals, in collaboration with a variety of agencies (provincial government, military, humanitarian agencies) in a security compromised region. As part of the initiative, monthly camps were held for a period of six months. Mental health needs were assessed. A multidisciplinary team (psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses and psychosocial workers) offered mental health care to 680 people who attended the camps, of which 28% were under the age of 18 years old. Twenty-one percent returned for follow-up, while others were followed-up in the community by psychosocial teams. Estimates of common mental disorders were found. Both pharmacological and psychological treatments were offered, according to existing guidelines. Active efforts were made to conduct holistic assessments and avoid a pure biomedical approach. This also provided an opportunity for training non specialist staff and led to formal (World Health Organization) mental health gap action plan training for primary care staff.