Visiting the Superior National Forest - BWCAW Part 2

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The Hospital Georgia Tried to Keep Segregated in the Sky In 1945, Lawson Veterans Hospital in Macon integrated its nursing staff after Black nurses petitioned the U.S. Army Nurse Corps for equal assignments. (Verified by National Archives, U.S. Army Medical Department records, and Georgia Historical Society) Lawson Veterans Hospital Macon Georgia Black Army nurses World War II Tuskegee Nurse Corps Georgia Hidden Black history in Macon Georgia Integration of Georgia hospitals Black women in milit

Macon, Georgia grew as a river trade city and became one of the most influential cultural centers in the South, shaping American music and identity while carrying deep historical contradictions. #GeorgiaFacts #MaconGA #GeorgiaHistory #HiddenGeorgia #SouthernCulture Macon Georgia, southern music history, fall line cities, Ocmulgee River, cultural influence