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4 unusual facts about Betty Blayton Taylor


Betty Blayton Taylor

In 1955 when she entered Syracuse, the State of Virginia was still segregated with its Jim Crow laws intact.

Alleyne Houser-Blayton was also a founding member of the National Black Child Developmental Institute in Williamsburg and the Williamsburg chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority.

His personal and professional experiences in these times of segregation influenced him to establish the first 14-bed Emergency and Maternity facility for African Americans and later on in 1961 opening of the first fully integrated medical facility Williamsburg Community Hospital.

Betty Taylor

Betty Blayton Taylor (born 1937), American activist, artist and lecturer



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