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

Press Release
November 30, 1967

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

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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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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.

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