Harlem

The Harlem Hospital became a very important aspect of Harlem. Its original purpose as just a reception center for patients getting ready for transfer quickly changed to be much more important with expansions and many new patients. At the beginning, all of the nurses at the hospital were white. As the hospital began to grow and time went on more African American nurses started to work there. This was frowned upon by many of the white nurses and a lot of them resigned as a result. This situation was also repeated when the first African American physician, Dr. Louis T. Wright was hired. I believe this relates to what Bessie and Sadie said about how much black people were looked down upon. I think this also shows what kind of perseverence that these men and women must have had (like the sisters said). They wanted to do the best they could and work their jobs despite what the white people must have said about them. The hostility that Dr. Wright got from his co workers only made him want to prove to everyone how good he was even more.
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