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Raising Hell: Rebellions of the Black Insane.

The article explores incidents of rebellions involving institutionalized African Americans at asylums in the U.S. Topics discussed include the frequency of rebellions at Crownsville State Hospital for the Negro Insane in Maryland in the 1950s, the resistance demonstrated by people inside asylums to...

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Published in:Black Scholar Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 48 - 65
Main Author: Barnes, Teresa
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Apr2025
Subjects:
United States
Asylums (Institutions)
Insurgency
African American history
Institutionalized persons
Psychiatric hospitals
Hospital overcrowding
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article explores incidents of rebellions involving institutionalized African Americans at asylums in the U.S. Topics discussed include the frequency of rebellions at Crownsville State Hospital for the Negro Insane in Maryland in the 1950s, the resistance demonstrated by people inside asylums to conditions at these facilities which range from overcrowding to lack of food, and the need for additional investigation into the struggles faced by African American leaders of these rebellions.