Institutions-Hospital
Black Panther Party’s Free Medical Clinics (1969-1975)
In 1966 Huey Newton and Bobby Seale created the Black Panther Party (BPP) to fight police oppression of blacks in...
Freedmen’s Hospital/Howard University Hospital (1862– )
The Freedmen’s Hospital was founded in 1862 in Washington, D.C. It was the first hospital of its kind to aid in...
The Houston Negro Hospital-Riverside General Hospital (1926- )
Houston Negro Hospital, 2010 “Image Ownership: Ed Uthman” The Houston Negro Hospital was created in 1926 when the earlier black...
Contraband Hospital, 1862-1863: Health Care For the First Freedpeople
In the article below Jill L. Newmark, exhibition specialist in the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of...
Georgia Infirmary (1832- )
The Georgia Infirmary was the first hospital for African Americans built in the United States. Chartered on December 24, 1832...
Homer G. Phillips Hospital (1937-1979)
Homer G. Phillips Hospital, one of the country’s most prestigious medical institutions, was designed by architect Albert Osburg. The hospital...
