Collins Chapel Hospital, Memphis, TN, 1955

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Source Collection

Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Identifier

sc.0452.01.034_002.03.001

Description

The Collins Chapel Hospital, at the corner of Lane and Ayers, was owned and operated by the Christian Methodist Church in Memphis. Not only was it a hospital for black patients, but it provided space for black doctors and nurses to practice. It closed following the end of segregation in Memphis.

Date Created

7-7-2021

Date

1955 May

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Recommended Citation

"Collins Chapel Hospital, Memphis, TN, 1955" (2021). Memphis. 113.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal4/113