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HAS BROUGHT MASSIVE
CHANGES TO THE
UNITED STATES --
IMPACTING MEN AND
WOMEN OF ALL AGES
AND RACES.
TONIGHT, DURING
BLACK HISTORY
MONTH, WE SEE HOW
CHANGE IN
INDIANAPOLIS,
TRANSFORMED THE
LIVES AND CAREERS OF
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
DOCTORS.
OUR COMMUNITY
AFFAIRS DIRECTOR
ANGELA CAIN TAKES US
BACK -- TO SHOW FAR
WE'VE COME.
HISTORY. IT HELPS
SHAPE US. THESE TWO
PHYSICIANS - FROM
TWO GENERATIONS -
ARE MEMBERS OF A
HISTORIC
INDIANAPOLIS
ORGANIZATION - THE
AESCULAPIAN MEDICAL
SOCIETY FOR
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
DOCTORS.
"WE HAVE COME A LONG,
LONG WAY."
A LONG WAY FROM THE
GROUP'S EARLY ROOTS
- LED BY DR. EDWIN
MOTEN IN THE EARLY
1900'S. BLACK
DOCTORS FORMED THE
MEDICAL SOCIETY
AFTER THEY WERE
REFUSED ADMISSION
TO THE MARION
COUNTY MEDICAL
SOCIETY.
DR. MOYE: "IN THAT TIME
PERIOD IN INDIANAPOLIS
HISTORY, THE ***, THE KU
KLUX *** WAS VERY
INFLUENTIAL."
"OKAY. THIS IS OUR
SCHEDULE.FOR TODAY."
DR. MILLICENT MOYE IS
A FAMILY PHYSICIAN
AND THE FIRST WOMAN
PRESIDENT OF THE
AESCULAPIAN MEDICAL
SOCIETY.
DR. MOYE/AESCULAPIAN
MEDICAL SOCIETY: "WE
KNOW WHERE WE'VE BEEN
AND WE DON'T WANT
ANYONE TO REPEAT THAT."
AT AGE 85, DR. GEORGE
RAWLS LIVED HISTORY
AND RECORDED IT.
THIS RETIRED SURGEON
AND AUTHOR, WROTE A
BOOK ABOUT BLACK
DOCTORS AND BLACK
PATIENTS IN
INDIANAPOLIS,
STARTING IN 1870.
DR. GEORGE
RAWLS/AESCULAPIAN
MEDICAL CITY: "WE HAD, IN
MANY AREAS, UNEQUAL
OPPORTUNITIES, UNEQUAL
PROCEDURES DONE ON
YOU, UNEQUAL
TREATMENT."
THE INDIANA HISTORY
CENTER IS BRINGING
SOME OF INDIANA'S
BLACK MEDICAL
HISTORY TO LIFE. IT'S
RECREATING THIS
SCENE FROM A
HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH
- THE INDIANAPOLIS
OFFICE OF DR. HARVEY
MIDDLETON - IN THE
YEAR 1939. HE WAS
THE FIRST INDIANA
DOCTOR TO USE THE
EKG TO DETECT HEART
PROBLEMS.
.
DOOR SWOOSH OPEN.
... "HELLO DR. MIDDLETON."
DR. MOYE WALKED INTO
THAT HISTORIC SCENE -
AT THE INDIANA
HISTORY CENTER. THIS
IS DR. MIDDLETON'S
OFFICE - RE-ENACTED -
IN AN EXHIBIT
CALLED... "YOU ARE
THERE."
DR. HARVEY MIDDLETON
RE-ENACTOR:"THEY TOLD
ME THEY DIDN'T WANT ME
BECAUSE I WAS COLORED."
AN ACTOR, PLAYING
THE ROLE OF DR.
HARVEY MIDDLETON,
USES THE LANGUAGE
ONCE USED TO
DESCRIBE AFRICAN-
AMERICANS IN THAT
DAY - AND HE
RECOUNTS TRUE
HISTORY.
DR. MIDDLETON:"RIGHT
NOW, IN 1939, THERE IS
NOT A HOSPITAL IN THE
CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS
THAT HAS A COLORED
DOCTOR ON STAFF."
IN THE EARLY 1900'S,
HE TELLS DR. MOYE,
BLACK DOCTORS WERE
NOT PERMITTED TO
WORK IN INDIANAPOLIS
HOSPITALS AND BLACK
PATIENTS, COULD ONLY
GET TREATMENT,
USUALLY BY MEDICAL
STUDENTS, AT ONE
HOSPITAL. IT WAS
CALLED CITY HOSPITAL
THEN. IT'S ESKENAZI,
TODAY .
DR. GEORGE RAWLS: "YOU
HAD METHODIST, ST.
VINCENT'S AT THAT TIME
AND YOU COULD NOT GO
THERE. SOMEONE WHO
WAS PROMINENT, IF THEY
HAD AN EMERGENCY, THEY
MAY LET THEM GO TO THE
BASEMENT."
NURSE: "MEDICAL CARE
SHOULD BELONG TO
EVERYONE REGARDLESS
OF SKIN COLOR."
SOME WHITE HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS
SUPPORTED DR.
MIDDLETON'S EFFORTS.
HE WAS A PIONEER.
"I WOULD USE THOSE
ELECTRICAL IMPULSES BY
PLACING THIS ON YOUR
CHEST."
.INTRODUCING NEW
TECHNOLOGY, WITH
THE EKG. AND
VOLUNTEERING AT
CITY HOSPITAL, TO
NUDGE OPEN THE DOOR
TO NEW
OPPORTUNITIES.
DR. MOYE: "NOT THAT HE
DIDN'T HAVE FEAR, BUT HE
DIDN'T LET THAT STOP
HIM!"
HIS PERSISTENCE
CHANGED HISTORY!
DR. GEORGE RAWLS: "1942,
DR. MIDDLETON WAS
PERMITTED TO TAKE CARE
OF HIS PATIENTS AT CITY
HOSPITAL."
AND WITHIN 11 YEARS,
DR. MIDDLETON WAS
ALLOWED TO WORK IN
ALL INDIANAPOLIS
HOSPITALS, OPENING
THE DOORS FOR ALL
BLACK DOCTORS,
INCLUDING DR. RAWLS.
HE CAME TO
INDIANAPOLIS IN THE
LATE 1950'S.
"I WANTED TO BE TREATED
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE,
EVALUATED LIKE
EVERYONE ELSE, AND
THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS."
"I GUESS WE CAN SHRED
THESE. CORRECT?"
. AFRICAN-AMERICAN
DOCTORS IN
INDIANAPOLIS.
SHAPED BY HISTORY.
AND ENCOURAGING
OTHER AFRICAN-
AMERICANS.
"WE NEED LOTS OF
QUALITY OF DOCTORS."
. TO CONTINUE THE
LEGACY..
"IT'S THROUGH THE WORK
OF DR. MIDDLETON, AND
HIS COLLEAGUES, THAT
WE'RE HERE, THAT I'M
HERE. THAT MY
COLLEAGUES ARE HERE
TODAY."
OUR FRIDAY NIGHT
WILL BE DRY AND
CHILLY. IT WON'T BE
AS WINDY, WITH LOWS