United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981953-11-17African American children work on art projects at Grady Hospital in 1953. The hospital, segregated until the 1960s, was often referred to as "the Gradies" because of its separate facilities for Black patients and white patients.Photograph of nine African American children working on art projects at Grady Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, 1953. They sit around a table covered in a printed cloth. Several children draw on construction paper with crayons. Several others cut paper with scissors. An African American nurse sits at the head of the table. Hospital beds stand behind them against the walls.The hospital, segregated until the 1960s, was often referred to as "the Gradies" because of its separate facilities for black patients and white patients.image/jpegWAGA-TV [Television]; Negro -Afro- American] Child in Grady Hospital, Box LBCB114, Envelope 77, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976, Special Collections Department & Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta.http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/grady-health-systemForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/grady-health-systemForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaLane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic CollectionChildren--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American children--Georgia--AtlantaPatients--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican Americans--Segregation--Georgia--AtlantaSegregation--Georgia--AtlantaBoys--Georgia--AtlantaGirls--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American boys--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American girls--Georgia--AtlantaWomen--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American women--Georgia--AtlantaNurses--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American nurses--Georgia--AtlantaHospitals--Georgia--AtlantaHospital beds--Georgia--AtlantaTables--Georgia--AtlantaChildren's art--Georgia--AtlantaDrawing--Georgia--AtlantaCrayon drawing--Georgia--AtlantaCrayons--Georgia--AtlantaGrady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.)Children at Grady HospitalStillImage