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Blue plaque № 29471

Philadelphia, PA, United States

Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital. Opened in 1895 as the first hospital for Blacks in this city, this facility trained and employed Black medical professionals who were excluded from other hospitals. In 1948, it merged to form Mercy-Douglass Hospital.

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