They “Come with the Moon”: Birthing, Labor, and Maternal Health Promotion at HBCUs

African American women’s participation in maternal health labor and promotion highlights the ways historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have provided spaces for institutional and organization support for health activism. While much of this work has centered lay women or physicians, this article seeks to combine those traditions in different geographic regions, demonstrating the continuity of African American women’s maternal health work. Specifically, the article presents a case study of the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College’s support of midwifery training during the Great Depression by exploring African American obstetrician and gynecologist Helen Octavia Dickens’s development of a physician pipeline program from HBCUs.