There was only one colored doctor that worked in that town. African Americans were not allowed to be admitted to hospitals ran by whites, making him their own option. He took care of his society and was given his own street name. It was no longer known as Mains Avenue, instead blacks referred to it as being Doctor Street. When the city legislators found out the blacks called it that, they put up notices referring to what the street name is. These warnings made the society act on a level of defiance. “They called it Not Doctor Street, and were inclined to call the charity hospital at its northern end No Mercy Hospital” (Morrison 4). They acknowledged what the legislators wanted, but also, putting their own touch to it. Naming it was a sense of ownership by the black community against the
There was only one colored doctor that worked in that town. African Americans were not allowed to be admitted to hospitals ran by whites, making him their own option. He took care of his society and was given his own street name. It was no longer known as Mains Avenue, instead blacks referred to it as being Doctor Street. When the city legislators found out the blacks called it that, they put up notices referring to what the street name is. These warnings made the society act on a level of defiance. “They called it Not Doctor Street, and were inclined to call the charity hospital at its northern end No Mercy Hospital” (Morrison 4). They acknowledged what the legislators wanted, but also, putting their own touch to it. Naming it was a sense of ownership by the black community against the