Racism in Harlem Hospital

The thirteenth post in our series on Black New York, 1921, for Black History Month, 2021

One hundred years ago today … At Harlem Hospital, Lenox Avenue at 136th/137th Street, there were complaints of racism in the form of insufficient, biased treatment of Black patients, plus accusations of graft and mismanagement. (Read full article from the Tribune below.)

Daily News, 13 July 1923, p. 10. Chronicling America. — Daily News, 13 July 1923, p. 10. *Chronicling America.*

George Wesely Harris, who in 1919 had been elected New York City’s first Black Alderman, advocated for his constituents with the Mayor John Hylan.

Note: we last featured Harlem Hospital in our post of September 4, 1920.

New York Tribune, 28 February 1921, p. 11. Library of Congress. — *New York Tribune*, 28 February 1921, p. 11. *Library of Congress.*

– Jonathan Goldman, February 27, 2021

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