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1962 - Hawkins Pickets Memorial Hospital
Event Date:
March, 1962
Event Type:
Turbulent Times 1960-1979
March 1962 - Hawkins pickets Memorial Hospital.
- In response to his earlier protests, the hospital had opened 20 beds for African Americans.
- Dr. Hawkins states that this step is not enough to desegregate the hospital.
- One year later, under legal pressure and threats of intervention by Attorney General Robert Kennedy, the hospital would fully desegregate.
- Photo shows Dr. Reginald Hawkins leaving the courthouse.
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