User:Yordiv1/Provident Hospital (Chicago)/Bibliography

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Outline of proposed changes
Currently the article on Provident Hospital is quite sparse and fails to convey the historical significance of Provident Hospital to Chicago's black community and the medical field. While it is easy to view Provident Hospital purely as a successful black medical metropolis, the reality is much more nuanced. Provident Hospital faced many financial struggles, and the affiliation project with the University of Chicago highlighted how white philanthropists impacted both the financial integrity and the ability of the hospital to remain in black control. Additionally, internal conflict between the leaders of Provident Hospital on how to proceed either as an integrated institution or a fully black institution presented further challenges. Yet, despite all of this Provident Hospital was able to remain a black-run institution for nearly 100 years. It remains open today run by Cook County and in partnership with the Loyola Stritch School of Medicine, still serving primarily black communities on the south side of Chicago. Today there are talks of rebuilding the hospital, yet the project has been pushed back several times with no start date in sight. The beauty of Provident Hospital is that it was the first institution of its kind and successfully resisted challenges to its existence, managing to remain black run for nearly 100 years. With my expansion to the current Wikipedia article I hope to bring to light the complexities of Provident’s history, and highlighting both the successes and adversities faced throughout the hospital’s history, and how these have affected the hospital as it continues to run today.