JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY LYNCHBURG HISTORY LECTURES

The story behind the late 1930s effort to build a hospital for African Americans in Lynchburg—where the idea originated and why it ultimately failed.

In 1935, the Rev. Amos Carnegie launched a national effort to build African American hospitals in 90 cities. Lynchburg’s was to be the first. This is the story of that effort and the reasons why it ultimately failed.
by Dr. Jim Wright