Chronicling the unlikely partnership between a white surgeon and a black "technician" that led to a procedure to correct blue-baby syndrome in 1944. The principals: Vivien Thomas, a black man with only a high-school diploma, and Alfred Blalock, the patrician chief of surgery at Johns Hopkins. Blalock pioneered the surgery to correct the congenital heart defect, but it was Thomas who devised to procedures that were used. And they did it at a time, narrator Morgan Freeman says, when the two "could not share the same lunch table in the Hopkins cafeteria."
| Title | American Experience - Season 15 Episode 8 Partners of the Heart |
|---|---|
| Year | 2024 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Country | United States of America |
| Studio | PBS |
| Cast | |
| Crew | Cameo George (Executive Producer) |
| Alternative Titles | The American Experience |
| Keyword | biography, usa history, current affairs |
| First Air Date | Oct 04, 1988 |
| Last Air date | Oct 01, 2024 |
| Season | 37 Season |
| Episode | 396 Episode |
| Runtime | 55:14 minutes |
| Quality | HD |
| IMDb: | 7.50/ 10 by 28.00 users |
| Popularity | 226.335 |
| Language | English |
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