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Louis Stokes. Louis Stokes (February 23, 1925 – August 18, 2015) was an American attorney, civil rights pioneer and politician. He served 15 terms in the United States House of Representatives – representing the east side of Cleveland – and was the first African American congressman elected in the state of Ohio. [1]
Veterans' health care in the United States is separated geographically into 19 regions (numbered 1, 2, 4–10, 12 and 15–23) [1] known as VISNs, or Veterans Integrated Service Networks, into systems within each network headed by medical centers, and hierarchically within each system by division level of care or type.
Bay Pines. Bay Pines VA Healthcare System – C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center. Gainesville. Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Lake City. Lake City VA Medical Center. Miami. Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Orlando.
ZIP Codes. 44106. Area code. 216. Median income [1] $ 17,194. Source: 2020 U.S. Census, City Planning Commission of Cleveland [2] University Circle is a district in the neighborhood of University on the East Side of Cleveland, Ohio. It is home to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance Hall (home to the Cleveland Orchestra), the Cleveland ...
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the component of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) led by the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health [2] that implements the healthcare program of the VA through a nationalized healthcare service in the United States, providing healthcare and healthcare-adjacent services to veterans through the administration and operation ...
African Americans had difficulty gaining medical care, especially in the South. The federal government authorized construction of what was originally called the "Tuskegee Home", now the Tuskegee Veterans Administration Medical Center, on land adjacent to Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Opened in 1923 with 600 beds, it was intended to serve the ...
NEW PHILADELPHIA ‒ A benefit concert, the Trojans' Night of Hope, is being planned for the Performing Arts Center at Kent State Tuscarawas on Dec. 14. The concert is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m.
Carl B. Stokes: Alpha Omega: Mayor of Cleveland, first black mayor of a major US city [5] Louis Stokes: Alpha Omega: First African-American Congressman from Ohio; civil rights lawyer; 51st Laurel Wreath Laureate [39] John F. Street: Philadelphia (PA) Alumni: Mayor of Philadelphia [34] Danny Tabor: Mayor of Inglewood, California [44] Bennie ...