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Homer G. Phillips Hospital was the only public hospital for African Americans in St. Louis, Missouri from 1937 until 1955, when the city began to desegregate. It continued to operate after the desegregation of city hospitals, and continued to serve the Black community of St. Louis until its closure in 1979.
James Estel Williams Sr. (September 15, 1921 – February 13, 1983) was an American attorney, teacher, and politician who became the first black mayor of East St. Louis, Illinois. On April 6, 1971, Williams as a political newcomer and independent defeated Virgil Calvert, another black candidate who had been a member of the city council by a ...
African Americans in the Illinois General Assembly have had the longest uninterrupted presence in any state legislature in the United States, dating back to 1882. The first African American in the Illinois House of Representatives, John W. E. Thomas of Chicago, was elected in 1876, and after not being re-nominated in 1878 and 1880, returned to ...
Carlos S. Arevalo: [77] First Hispanic American to serve as the President of the McHenry County Bar Association, Illinois (2014) Abraham Morris Williams: [78] First African American male lawyer in Sangamon County, Illinois; Noah Parden: [79] First African American lawyer and Assistant County Prosecutor in St. Clair County, Illinois
(The Center Square) - An Illinois-based Black health advocacy group is demanding more tax dollars for Black HIV care. Officials from the group Black Leadership Advocacy Coalition for Healthcare ...
[18] [20] [21] The effects are especially evident in maternal and infant health outcomes: Black babies in St. Louis die at nearly “three times the rate of their white counterparts (13.5 vs. 4.4 deaths per 1,000 live births)”. [19] Additionally, there is an 18-year gap in life expectancy at birth between the areas in north and south St ...
In the 2017 city mayoral election, incumbent Lyda Krewson called for Roorda to be fired due to social media comments directed at candidate Tishaura Jones and declared that he would not be welcomed in her office if elected. [13] The St. Louis Ethical Society of Police (ESOP), formerly known as St. Louis Black Police Officers Association until ...
Freeman R. Bosley Jr. (born July 20, 1954 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American politician who served as the 43rd mayor of St. Louis (from 1993 to 1997), and the city's first African-American mayor. Early life and education