Afro-American Sons and Daughters Hospital
| Afro-American Sons and Daughters Hospital | |
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 Afro-American Sons and Daughters Hospital, 2013 | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Mississippi, United States |
| Organization | |
| Funding | Private |
| Type | General |
| History | |
| Opened | 1928 |
| Closed | 1966 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Mississippi |
Afro-American Sons and Daughters Hospital | |
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| Location | 8th St. and Webster Ave., Yazoo City, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 32°51′22″N 90°24′3″W / 32.85611°N 90.40083°W |
| Built | 1928 |
| NRHP reference No. | 05001558 |
| USMS No. | 163-YAZ-0226-NR-ML |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | January 24, 2006[2] |
| Designated USMS | April 14, 2005[1] |
The Afro-American Sons and Daughters Hospital, in Yazoo City, Mississippi, also known as the Afro-American Hospital, was built in 1928. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[2]
The Afro-American Sons and Daughters was a fraternal organization in Mississippi and one of the leading black voluntary associations in the state. Organized in 1924, it had 35,000 members by the 1930s. The founder of the group was Thomas J. Huddleston, Sr., a prosperous black entrepreneur and advocate of Booker T. Washington's self-help philosophy.[3]
In 1928, the association opened the Afro-American Hospital of Yazoo City, Mississippi to give low-cost care to the members. Dr. Lloyd Tevis Miller served as the facility's first director. The hospital, which offered both major and minor surgery, was a leading health care supplier for blacks in Mississippi. It had a low death rate compared to other hospitals that served blacks in the South during the period.[3]
The hospital ceased operation in 1966 as a fraternal entity after years of increasingly burdensome regulation, competitive pressure from government and third-party health care alternatives, and the migration of younger dues-paying blacks to the North. The Afro-American Sons and Daughters disbanded during the same period.[3]
Huddleston's grandson is Mike Espy, a former member of the House of Representatives and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
Notes
- ^ "Mississippi Landmarks" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Archives and History. May 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c David T. Beito and Linda Royster Beito Let Down Your Bucket Where You Are':The Afro-American Hospital and Black Health Care in Mississippi, 1924-1966,[permanent dead link] Social Science History 30 (Winter 2006), 551-69.
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- Hospital buildings completed in 1928
- African-American history of Mississippi
- Hospitals established in 1928
- Ethnic fraternal orders in the United States
- Hospital buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi
- 1928 establishments in Mississippi
- Mississippi Landmarks
- National Register of Historic Places in Yazoo County, Mississippi
- Historically black hospitals in the United States