Summary:
Dr. Walls discusses practicing medicine in the Black community in Louisville from 1918 until his retirement. He recounts his work with the Falls City Medical Society, Red Cross Hospital, and the integration of the Jefferson County Medical Society in 1953. (Note: Red Cross Hospital changed its name to "Community Hospital" in 1972.)
Topic(s):
African Americans--Kentucky--Louisville, African American physicians, Physicians, Red Cross Hospital (Louisville, Ky.), Falls City Medical Society (Louisville, Ky.), Jefferson County Medical Society (Ky.), Segregation, Discrimination in medical care, Doctors