Children at Grady Hospital

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African American children work on art projects at Grady Hospital in 1953. The hospital, segregated until the 1960s, was often referred to as "the Gradies" because of its separate facilities for Black patients and white patients.

Courtesy of Special Collections & Archives, Georgia State University Library, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection.

Children at Grady Hospital

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