About the rise and fall of St. Louis, Missouri's premier black hospital that trained the largest number of Black doctors | dG1fdEFmOGh6VkpSbE0
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00:00Humber J. Phillips Hospital, built in 1937, has been a major flashpoint in the
00:08struggles of African Americans in this community. It was a public hospital that
00:14provided incredible services to a community that was really in need. But in
00:19spite of that, because of racism, the closing of this hospital was a military
00:25operation. People in this community, they were literally under siege, but they
00:32surrounded this hospital for almost 20 days. It is important for the record to
00:38show, this community did not give up this hospital. It was stolen.
00:55It's 50 shades of it, no sex and flicks. Take a second, listen, enjoy its beauty,
01:02but it's truly a jewel, so please don't give it negligence. Them scars tell a story,
01:07about defiance and glory. That's some black in history books. All that white is boring me.
01:13The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice. Media got us thinking the blacker the
01:17worst taste for you. The world may neglect you, see you, disrespect you. I'm here today to tell you,