‘A Visual History of Civil Rights & Social Change in Pinellas County,’ Part 2

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‘A Visual History of Civil Rights & Social Change in Pinellas County,’ Part 2

During Jim Crow St. Petersburg, Mercy Hospital was the only hospital that would serve Black people. Opened in 1923, the 3500 sq. ft. facility had no doctors on staff, and a handful of nurses provided treatment primarily to patients with infectious diseases, earning the facility the name of 'pest house.' BY FRANK DROUZAS, Staff […]

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