LDF Files Complaint with U.S. Dept. of HEW that Camden, N.J. Hospitals Discriminated in Granting Staff Membership to Negro Physicians
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November 30, 1967

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Press Releases, Volume 5. LDF Files Complaint with U.S. Dept. of HEW that Camden, N.J. Hospitals Discriminated in Granting Staff Membership to Negro Physicians, 1967. e442d145-b892-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/8a594eac-3ca4-48c8-b92c-00b088ba3b80/ldf-files-complaint-with-us-dept-of-hew-that-camden-nj-hospitals-discriminated-in-granting-staff-membership-to-negro-physicians. Accessed July 30, 2025.
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60 | November 30, 1967 TO: Jesse DeVore RE: Suggested release for Philadelphia and Camden papers Reversing an earlier decision, the Board of Managers of the Cooper Hospital of Camden, New Jersey has approved the application for staff membership of Negro gynecologist, Dr. Stanley T. West. | The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, “Inc. ; | filed a complaint with the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on June 27, 1967 claiming that Cooper and two other Camden hospitals, West Jersey Hospital and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital excluded or limited the number of Negro physicians in granting staff membership. The civil rights organization demanded that funds be withheld from these institutions pending determination of compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Dr. West, 37, is a graduate of the Hahnemann Medical College and is presently on the faculty of the Montefiore-- Morrisania Hospital in New York City. In 1962 when stationed in Vietnam Dr. West set up a civilian medical care program | which has been praised by the Air Force.