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1945 - Medical Auxiliary Banquet

Medical Auxiliary Banquet, 1945
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World War II 1941-1945

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. By law, black doctors can only practice at all-black hospitals such as Good Samaritan Hospital.