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Table chart of the Chicago Hospital Staff Appointments to Negro Doctors.

2. African American doctor representation chart, 1962

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    Chicago Hospital staff Appointments to Negro Doctors

    Life Time Record of Ten Leading Chicago Hospitals

    Hospital

    Beds

    Age of hosp.
    in 1962

    Total negro
    attending staff

    Total Negro
    courtesy staff privileges

    West Side
    Tax Supported

    3500 beds

    (1847–1962)
    115 yrs.

    8 - Negro
    in 115 yrs.

    --

    West Side
    Tax Supported

    619 beds

    (1925–1962)
    37 yrs.

    0 - Negro
    in 37 yrs.

    --

    West Side
    Church Related
    Merger A & B

    849 beds

    (1956–1962)
    6 yrs.

    2 - Negro
    in 6 yrs.

    0

    West Side
    Hospital A
    Before Merger

    463 beds

    (1888–1956)
    68 yrs.

    0 - Negro
    in 68 yrs.

    0

    South Side
    Hospital B
    Before Merger

    542 beds

    (1883–1956)
    73 yrs.

    1 - Negro
    in 73 yrs.

    0

    Near N. Side
    Church Related
    Med. Sch.

    657 beds

    (1888–1962)
    74 yrs.

    1 - Negro
    in 171 Hospital Years!
    (74 yrs. + 97 yrs.)

    2

    Near N. Side
    Med. \ Related Sch.

    308 beds

    (1865–1962)
    97 yrs.

     

     

    South Side
    Med. \ Related Sch.

    220 beds ?

    (1929–1962)
    33 yrs.

    1 - Negro
    in 33 yrs.

    0

    South Side
    Church Related

    350 beds

    (1852–1962)
    110 yrs.

    1 - Negro
    in 110 yrs.

    0

    South Side
    Religious Group

    869 beds

    (1882–1962)
    80 yrs.

    5 - Negro
    in 80 yrs.

    3 - Negro
    in 80 yrs.
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Chicago Commission on Human Relations, “Chicago Hospital Staff Appointments to Negro Doctors” chart, 1962

Courtesy National Library of Medicine

In 1956, only nine of the over 50 private hospitals in Chicago allowed African American physicians to practice on their staffs. Leonidas Berry, who was an internationally renowned gastroenterologist, worked with the Chicago Commission on Human Relations to end racially discriminatory practices at Chicago hospitals.

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