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Complaint filed by the NAACP to investigate civil rights violations and discrimination by the University of Virginia Hospital.
Passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964 prohibited segregation in public accommodations and racial discrimination in employment. This was the beginning of the end of racial segregation in hospitals that received federal funding.
On April 30, 1965, the NAACP filed a complaint with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to investigate violations of the Civil Rights Act and discrimination by the University of Virginia Hospital.
1965 - April 3rd
Historical Collections, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia
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