Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-01-23

Fisk University, and three stu.
dents became involved In an auto
accident on the outskirts OF Dial.
ton. Ga Miss Derrieotte and Miss
Nina Johnson. q Fisk senior, were
critically injured.
Three white physicians admin
Istered first aid treatment In their
homes. thsn took the women to a
house where Negroes are sent In
emergencies" Completely uncon-
Aidered was ths modern. publicly
supported Hamilton Memorial
Hospital at Dalton. When asked
II any effort had been made "a
gain admission at that institution,
one of the white doctors replied In
surprise, "Oh no. ma'am. You see,
we don't have any wards for them
there"
Subsequently. although The In.
Jured women were clearly In q
grave condition. an ambulance had
10 be summoned from Chattan.
ooga. 90 miles away. 10 take them
to hospital there.
Miss johnson died that night;
Miss Derricotts the next day
tsouree; The Crisis. March. 1892,
Q, In March, 1899. a i7-year old
Negro girl. with q bullet wound In
her head, was denied admission Ia
two hospitals In Washington, d
c. sibiey Hospital and Homeo
pathic Hospital
Finally she was taken to freed.
mans Hospital, but was dead on
arrival. (sourcea: Washington
Tribune. March 4. 1882; Negro
World, New York, March 10.
ls32D Thirteen years later slb.
ley Hospital, u church supported
institution. was the scene of an.
other unseemly episode, A Negro
woman, In labor, was denied Rd-
mission TO the emergency ward,
As q result. her child was deliver.
Cd on the cold windswept side.
walk outside The hospital staff
did supply n sheet 20 cover the
mother and child until the munl-
Clpal ambulance arrived 10 take
them off tsource' Survey Ora.
phlc, January. 1917
4, In March. 1887. the wife Of
W. q, Handy. Father Of the
Hluea." was taken 10 Knicksr-
booker Hospital In New York
city, suffering from q cerebral
hemorrhage. Her admission was
delayed. however. while the tol.
lowing phone conversation took
place between q hospital business
office representative and Mrs
Handy's physician, DR., Farrow r
Allen
Doctor, you did not tell ~
that the patient was colored"
Color has nothing Whatsoever
to do with II, I gave the diagnosis
and symptoms over the telephone
and that was all that was neccs,
sary.
I'VE do not accept colored pa
TENTS In our private wards, and
since you did not tell mo that she
waa colorcd, YOU mlarcprrsented
that case"
Il DO not think YOU are eapablt
Of thinking and hope YOU would
not put a person at the point OF
death out into the street"
After Mrs, Handy had been lef'
alone In the ambulance for nearly
an hour. the hospital finally ae'
cepted her She died a short time
later, tSourre' Amsterdam News
Marrh 20, 1881
8 on April -, lSIT. the Clark
College track team was travelling
10 Nashville for meet. A. Pei,
ham, Tennessec, one % the twC
cars In which they were ridinE
was struck by truck and COM
plctely demolished Two students
were seriously injured
An ambulance took the pair 10
Manchester Tennessee, about II
miles away, whcrc they were de-
nied admission 20 the city hos.
pltal on the ground that the hos
pial was nin They were carried
back through Pelham to the hos.
pltAl at the University 90 the
South. q distance % 80 miles
Here, because tho hospital was
nIll , the Negro wards were