When high blood pressure screening expanded from clinics and hospitals to communities in the 1960s and '70s, black physicians like Dr. Eli Saunders in Baltimore and Dr. Keith Ferdinand in New Orleans were at the forefront of bringing health promotion to community hubs in urban black neighborhoods.
Kad su se pretrage visokog krvnog tlaka proširile od klinika i bolnica na zajednice u 60-ima i 70-ima, crni doktori poput Dr. Eli Saunders u Baltimore-u i Dr. Keith Ferdinand-a u New Orleans-u su bili na čelu donošenja promocije  zdravstva zajednicama u urbanim crnačkim četvrtima.