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Pages in category "Historically black hospitals in the United States" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Afro-American Sons and Daughters Hospital, in Yazoo City, Mississippi, also known as the Afro-American Hospital, was built in 1928. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [2] The Afro-American Sons and Daughters was a fraternal organization in Mississippi and one of the leading black voluntary associations in the ...
The hospital was founded during the Black Hospital Movement, a nation-wide development of efforts that aimed to provide better medical care to Black citizens as well as training opportunities for doctors and nurses of color. [2] At the time, there were 25 such hospitals in Alabama, and Hale's was the first in Montgomery.
800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. ... staff members at a historically Black hospital on Cannon Street started publishing a monthly journal in 1899 called The Hospital ...
Homer G. Phillips Hospital was the only public hospital for African Americans in St. Louis, Missouri from 1937 until 1955, when the city began to desegregate. It continued to operate after the desegregation of city hospitals, and continued to serve the Black community of St. Louis until its closure in 1979.
Brewster Hospital was the first Black hospital in Jacksonville. [2] It served African Americans in Jacksonville from 1901 to 1966. It was founded in 1901 as the George A. Brewster Hospital and School of Nurse Training, because there was no place for Black people to go to for treatment after the disastrous Great Fire of 1901. [3]
The Millie E. Hale Hospital was a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee that served African-American patients. It was the first hospital to serve black patients year-round. The hospital was opened by a husband and wife team, Dr. John Henry Hale and Millie E. Hale in July 1916. The couple first turned their home into a hospital that would grow to ...
Good Samaritan-Waverly Hospital, also known as “Good Sam” Hospital and Waverly Hospital, is a historic hospital for African-American patients located in Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1952, and is a two-story, brick building in the Moderne style. The hospital housed a pharmacy, laboratory, X-ray room, staff dining room, two ...