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1945 - Medical Auxiliary Banquet

1945 - Medical Auxilary Banquet honors doctors.

  • By law, Charlotte's city hospitals could only serve whites. From 1881 the Good Samaritan Hospital served the African American community. It was the first hospital in North Carolina built for blacks. Both white and black physicians admitted patients. 
  • Good Samaritan Hospital [1]. By law, black doctors can only practice at all-black hospitals such as Good Samaritan Hospital.
Event Type: 
World War II 1941-1945
Exhibit & Section: 
African American Album Volume 2 [2]
Main Image: 
Medical Auxiliary Banquet, 1945
Good Samaritan Hospital
Node Order: 
60
Tags: 
African American Album 2 - Events Timeline [3]
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Event Date Field: 
Thursday, December 21, 2017
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Source URL:https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/african-american-album-volume-2/1945-medical-auxiliary-banquet

Links
[1] https://dev-cmstory.pantheonsite.io/sites/default/files/images/6a.gif [2] https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/african-american-album-volume-2 [3] https://www.cmstory.org/tags/african-american-album-2-events-timeline