Dr. Aaron Moore

Inside of a Lincoln Hospital operating room  Photo courtesy of Durham Lincoln Hospital by P. Preston Reynolds, M.D. Ph.D

Lincoln was the only hospital within a 25-mile radius of Durham that would treat African Americans until the early 1960s when Watts Hospital integrated its wards. Before this integration, Blacks often turned to midwives and home remedies for their healthcare. Dr. Stanford Warren, John Merrick, and Dr. Aaron…