Most Black Hospitals Across the South Closed Long Ago. Their Impact Endures. By Lauren Sausser August 15, 2024

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/black-hospitals-south-closure-impact-taborian-mound-bayou-mississippi/?utm_campaign=KHN%20-%20Weekly%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--syDmKI9ENq19UQomH_tjbK68J6tU1E7e9PpaAJ3ZX0CA6gBKohmHl28cYLBE_CBACgngw4CHQ1OyKlJy2b8GeibfTfA&_hsmi=320428186&utm_content=320428186&utm_source=hs_email Most Black Hospitals Across the South Closed Long Ago. Their Impact Endures. By Lauren Sausser Taborian Hospital in Mound Bayou, Mississippi, was established to exclusively admit Black patients during a time when Jim Crow laws barred them from accessing the same health care facilities as white patients. Its closure underscores how hundreds of Black hospitals in the U.S. fell casualty to social progress.