Cook County Physicians Association

CTL-E-1236 · Organization · professional · 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Black physicians' professional association founded 1911 in Chicago as the local chapter of the National Medical Association; functions as advocacy body, training pipeline, and institutional defender of Black medical interests.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from INST-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-INST-001:INST-026; source research type(s): professional association.

Sources

Cook County Physicians Association, official site. http://ccpachicago.org/
Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board, Letter of Opposition from CCPA re: Project E-003-21 (2021-03-11). https://hfsrb.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/hfsrb/projects/projectdocuments/2021/exemptions/e-003-21/2021-03-11-e-003-21-letter-of-opposition-ccpa.pdf (primary source)
BlackPast.org, 'Hall, George Cleveland (1864-1930).' https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/hall-george-cleveland-1864-1930/
ccpachicago.org (official); blackpast.org, Hall biography
ccpachicago.org (official)
Illinois HFSRB project record E-003-21 (2021-03-11) (primary source)

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