Segregated obstetrics ward

ID: 51 ~ Source: Elana Gordon, "Medicare and the desegregation of healthcare," WHYY, 15 February 2018; https://whyy.org/segments/medicare-desegregation-health-care/ (accessed 14 July 2021) ~ Creator: University of Alabama Birmingham ~ Date: mid-20th century

This file appears in: The Stamps Family and the Desegregation of Harford Memorial Hospital

This image depicts a segregated obstetrics ward at the University Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama in the mid-20th century. It was probably similar to the segregated obstetrics ward at Harford Memorial Hospital located in Havre de Grace, Maryland in 1960.

This file appears in: The Stamps Family and the Desegregation of Harford Memorial Hospital

The Stamps Family and the Desegregation of Harford Memorial Hospital

By James Karmel

Born in 1940, Charles "Willie" Stamps grew up as a person of color in rural Mississippi. As a child, Stamps' family saved enough money and bought a small apartment house in Chicago. By the 1950s, many in the family had joined the Great Migration and…