St. Paul Hospital on Bryan Street, first African-American physicians admitted to practice

St. Paul Hospital on Bryan Street, first African-American physicians admitted to practice

Physicians--organization & administration; African Americans--history; Hospitals--manpower; Race Relations--history

In 1954, St. Paul Hospital became the first in Dallas to admit African-American physicians to practice. The five physicians admitted were Dr. Lee G. Pinkston (seated), Dr. Frank H. Jordan, Dr. Joseph R. Williams, Dr. William K. Flowers, and Dr. George L. Shelton (standing, left to right). Prior to this time, the only hospital facilities available to African-American physicians in Dallas had been the Pinkston Clinic, a 15-bed clinic operated by Dr. Pinkston. If a patient needed to go into another hospital, the patient was assigned a white physician for hospital care. The Texas Medical Association would not admit African-Americans to membership until 1955. Dallas County Medical Society followed suit the same year. In 1956, St. Paul admitted seven African-American physicians to the staff.

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Milestone date: 1954

Creation date: 1954

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