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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 .
In Charleston, staff members at a historically Black hospital on Cannon Street started publishing a monthly journal in 1899 called The Hospital Herald, which focused on hospital work and public ...
Meharry Medical College is a private historically black medical school affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located in Nashville, Tennessee.Founded in 1876 as the Medical Department of Central Tennessee College, it was the first medical school for African Americans in the South.
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.
In 1929-1930, the hospital transitioned from 509 Grove to 1200 E. First St. in a Black neighborhood in the northeast section of the central business district.
Howard University Hospital (HUH) is a private, nonprofit institution in Washington, D.C. affiliated with Howard University. It is the nation's only teaching hospital on the campus of a historically black university. [3] It offers medical students opportunities to observe and participate in clinical and research work with professionals.
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.
Lincoln Hospital was a medical facility located in Durham, North Carolina founded to serve the African Americans of Durham County and surrounding areas. With original hospital construction financed by the Duke family, Lincoln served as the primary African American hospital in Durham from its opening in 1901 until 1976, when it closed and transferred its inpatient services to Durham County ...