LDF Files Suit Against Raleigh's Wake County Memorial Hospital

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February 16, 1966

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Press Releases, Volume 3. LDF Files Suit Against Raleigh's Wake County Memorial Hospital, 1966. 399f14c0-b692-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/13fbb08b-033e-45be-8fbc-64fe4ff3503d/ldf-files-suit-against-raleighs-wake-county-memorial-hospital. Accessed November 06, 2025.

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(See attached list) February 16, 1966

Attorneys for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund today

(February 16, 1966) filed suit in Federal District Court in Ree N.Cey

pesktey to permanently enjoin Raleigh's Wake County Memorial Hospital

from discriminating against Negroes. i ae

The Legal Defense Fund complaint, filed in behalf of eight Raleigh

citizens, including two white ministers, alleges that the hospital has

received more than $3 million in federal funds for new construction under

the Hill-Burton Act.
The federal courts have held that hospitals receiving Hill-Burton

funds may not se racial discriminations oe

The facility also receives federal funds for welfare administration,

and has received "substantial funds" from the State of North Carolina and

from Wak@ County, the plaintiffs allege. ee

The hospital maintains a separate “a for Negro patients, and

generally uses Negro personnel only to sta £ the Negro wards, the complaint

charges. The hospital's other branches in Wake County are gimi larly

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