David Barton Smith, author of the Power to Heal: Civil Rights, Medicare, and the Struggle to Transform America's Healthcare System discusses to the crucial impact the black medical community and civil rights activists had on the passage of the Medicare Act of 1965. He discusses his book with Kay Tillow. His book is the basis of the documentary The Power to Heal which will be shown free July 30 at the main branch library. Go to http://kyhealthcare.org for more info