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Provident Hospital was a small facility in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.It was founded in 1938 by two African-American physicians, Von D. Mizell and James Sistrunk; none of the existing hospitals in Fort Lauderdale would accept African-American patients.
Von Delany Mizell (1910–1973) was the second black physician in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and since at that time Fort Lauderdale's hospitals would not accept "colored" patients, he helped establish Provident Hospital for black residents.
Pages in category "African-American history of Florida" The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Abbie L. Sweetwine was born and raised in Cocoa, Florida. [1] She had two sisters, Willie Ruth Austell and Dorothy H Sweetwine, the latter of whom became a local newspaper editor. [2] She graduated in nursing from Brewster Hospital, the first Black hospital in Jacksonville, in 1942 and received her R.N. a few months later. [2]
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Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
Florida. Jackson Memorial Hospital (operated by Miami-Dade County) (Miami) Broward Health; UF Health Shands (Gainesville) Lee Health (Fort Myers) Georgia. Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta) Illinois. John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County (Chicago) Provident Hospital (Chicago) Indiana. Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital (Indianapolis) [1 ...
Through a subsidiary, Provident Advertising, Droste helped develop the restaurant chains Pete & Shorty's Tavern, [12] with two locations in Tampa Bay; and Adobe Gila's, [13] which currently has four locations in Florida and the Midwest. Droste and other partners also developed Splitsville, a luxury bowling lane with seven locations nationwide ...