Albert Perry, a veteran of World War II, settled here after the war sometime after he finished his internship in the early 1950s. It is believed that he met his wife, Bertha Mae Brooks, while stationed at Camp Sutton (Monroe, NC's temporary army camp).
Born in Austin, Texas to Albert Edwin (Sr.) and Elizabeth (Liggins) Perry, he attended Tillotson College in Austin and Prairie View College (Prairie View, TX). He would later earn degrees from both Johnson C. Smith University of Charlotte, NC and Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN. (Class of 1948-49 at Meharry)
He interned at Winston-Salem's Kate Bitting Reynolds Memorial Hospital as seen by the 1950 census of Forsyth County, NC. This hospital became the third largest hospital for African-Americans in the United States when it added 90 beds in 1941.
During the war: after his training at Officer Candidate School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, he was with the 1315th Engineer Construction Battalion where he rose to 2nd Lieutenant. This battalion was in the Philippines in August 1945.
Perry served as vice-president of the local NAACP with Robert Williams (president of the local chapter) in the late 1950s until ? This was a time of change all across the country with Civil Rights, and both Perry and Williams were met with many trials. During a Monroe City Council meeting (Aug. 20, 1957), he went with other NAACP members to present a letter about the discrimination based on race that prevented the black community from using the public city-owned swimming pool. During the discussion, one of the council members said if they continued to insist on integration then the pool would have to be closed. Perry replied, "If I have nothing, why should I worry if you have nothing?"
Locals have always spoken highly of Perry as a Doctor and also with some regret at the troubles Perry endured (i.e., a malpractice case of 1957 which extended into later years with appeals).
Perry could be considered a local pioneer as he was the attending Doctor at the first 'negro set up' for giving blood in Union County, NC - at this time the year of that event is unknown, but the Rev. Harris of Mount Calvary AME Zion was the first black man to donate blood.
Perry died in Whiteville, NC of a heart attack per his death certificate. At the time of his death he was survived by his wife and the following siblings: Mrs. Vivian Benton, Mrs. Blanche Robinson (Los Angeles, CA), Mrs. Naomi Blossiegale - should be "Blassingille" (Tuskegee, AL) and brother James A. Perry (Houston, TX); also a niece, Bettye Shipley (Chicago, IL).
Information for this bio comes from his obituary (Enquirer-Journal, 5-22-1972, p. 14), library files (UCVF: Perry, Dr. A. E.); Monroe, NC, City Council minutes (available online); online research at Family Search and his discharge papers found on microfilm at the Union County Public Library. -Patricia Poland
Born in Austin, Texas to Albert Edwin (Sr.) and Elizabeth (Liggins) Perry, he attended Tillotson College in Austin and Prairie View College (Prairie View, TX). He would later earn degrees from both Johnson C. Smith University of Charlotte, NC and Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN. (Class of 1948-49 at Meharry)
He interned at Winston-Salem's Kate Bitting Reynolds Memorial Hospital as seen by the 1950 census of Forsyth County, NC. This hospital became the third largest hospital for African-Americans in the United States when it added 90 beds in 1941.
During the war: after his training at Officer Candidate School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, he was with the 1315th Engineer Construction Battalion where he rose to 2nd Lieutenant. This battalion was in the Philippines in August 1945.
Perry served as vice-president of the local NAACP with Robert Williams (president of the local chapter) in the late 1950s until ? This was a time of change all across the country with Civil Rights, and both Perry and Williams were met with many trials. During a Monroe City Council meeting (Aug. 20, 1957), he went with other NAACP members to present a letter about the discrimination based on race that prevented the black community from using the public city-owned swimming pool. During the discussion, one of the council members said if they continued to insist on integration then the pool would have to be closed. Perry replied, "If I have nothing, why should I worry if you have nothing?"
Locals have always spoken highly of Perry as a Doctor and also with some regret at the troubles Perry endured (i.e., a malpractice case of 1957 which extended into later years with appeals).
Perry could be considered a local pioneer as he was the attending Doctor at the first 'negro set up' for giving blood in Union County, NC - at this time the year of that event is unknown, but the Rev. Harris of Mount Calvary AME Zion was the first black man to donate blood.
Perry died in Whiteville, NC of a heart attack per his death certificate. At the time of his death he was survived by his wife and the following siblings: Mrs. Vivian Benton, Mrs. Blanche Robinson (Los Angeles, CA), Mrs. Naomi Blossiegale - should be "Blassingille" (Tuskegee, AL) and brother James A. Perry (Houston, TX); also a niece, Bettye Shipley (Chicago, IL).
Information for this bio comes from his obituary (Enquirer-Journal, 5-22-1972, p. 14), library files (UCVF: Perry, Dr. A. E.); Monroe, NC, City Council minutes (available online); online research at Family Search and his discharge papers found on microfilm at the Union County Public Library. -Patricia Poland
Albert Perry, a veteran of World War II, settled here after the war sometime after he finished his internship in the early 1950s. It is believed that he met his wife, Bertha Mae Brooks, while stationed at Camp Sutton (Monroe, NC's temporary army camp).
Born in Austin, Texas to Albert Edwin (Sr.) and Elizabeth (Liggins) Perry, he attended Tillotson College in Austin and Prairie View College (Prairie View, TX). He would later earn degrees from both Johnson C. Smith University of Charlotte, NC and Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN. (Class of 1948-49 at Meharry)
He interned at Winston-Salem's Kate Bitting Reynolds Memorial Hospital as seen by the 1950 census of Forsyth County, NC. This hospital became the third largest hospital for African-Americans in the United States when it added 90 beds in 1941.
During the war: after his training at Officer Candidate School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, he was with the 1315th Engineer Construction Battalion where he rose to 2nd Lieutenant. This battalion was in the Philippines in August 1945.
Perry served as vice-president of the local NAACP with Robert Williams (president of the local chapter) in the late 1950s until ? This was a time of change all across the country with Civil Rights, and both Perry and Williams were met with many trials. During a Monroe City Council meeting (Aug. 20, 1957), he went with other NAACP members to present a letter about the discrimination based on race that prevented the black community from using the public city-owned swimming pool. During the discussion, one of the council members said if they continued to insist on integration then the pool would have to be closed. Perry replied, "If I have nothing, why should I worry if you have nothing?"
Locals have always spoken highly of Perry as a Doctor and also with some regret at the troubles Perry endured (i.e., a malpractice case of 1957 which extended into later years with appeals).
Perry could be considered a local pioneer as he was the attending Doctor at the first 'negro set up' for giving blood in Union County, NC - at this time the year of that event is unknown, but the Rev. Harris of Mount Calvary AME Zion was the first black man to donate blood.
Perry died in Whiteville, NC of a heart attack per his death certificate. At the time of his death he was survived by his wife and the following siblings: Mrs. Vivian Benton, Mrs. Blanche Robinson (Los Angeles, CA), Mrs. Naomi Blossiegale - should be "Blassingille" (Tuskegee, AL) and brother James A. Perry (Houston, TX); also a niece, Bettye Shipley (Chicago, IL).
Information for this bio comes from his obituary (Enquirer-Journal, 5-22-1972, p. 14), library files (UCVF: Perry, Dr. A. E.); Monroe, NC, City Council minutes (available online); online research at Family Search and his discharge papers found on microfilm at the Union County Public Library. -Patricia Poland
Born in Austin, Texas to Albert Edwin (Sr.) and Elizabeth (Liggins) Perry, he attended Tillotson College in Austin and Prairie View College (Prairie View, TX). He would later earn degrees from both Johnson C. Smith University of Charlotte, NC and Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN. (Class of 1948-49 at Meharry)
He interned at Winston-Salem's Kate Bitting Reynolds Memorial Hospital as seen by the 1950 census of Forsyth County, NC. This hospital became the third largest hospital for African-Americans in the United States when it added 90 beds in 1941.
During the war: after his training at Officer Candidate School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, he was with the 1315th Engineer Construction Battalion where he rose to 2nd Lieutenant. This battalion was in the Philippines in August 1945.
Perry served as vice-president of the local NAACP with Robert Williams (president of the local chapter) in the late 1950s until ? This was a time of change all across the country with Civil Rights, and both Perry and Williams were met with many trials. During a Monroe City Council meeting (Aug. 20, 1957), he went with other NAACP members to present a letter about the discrimination based on race that prevented the black community from using the public city-owned swimming pool. During the discussion, one of the council members said if they continued to insist on integration then the pool would have to be closed. Perry replied, "If I have nothing, why should I worry if you have nothing?"
Locals have always spoken highly of Perry as a Doctor and also with some regret at the troubles Perry endured (i.e., a malpractice case of 1957 which extended into later years with appeals).
Perry could be considered a local pioneer as he was the attending Doctor at the first 'negro set up' for giving blood in Union County, NC - at this time the year of that event is unknown, but the Rev. Harris of Mount Calvary AME Zion was the first black man to donate blood.
Perry died in Whiteville, NC of a heart attack per his death certificate. At the time of his death he was survived by his wife and the following siblings: Mrs. Vivian Benton, Mrs. Blanche Robinson (Los Angeles, CA), Mrs. Naomi Blossiegale - should be "Blassingille" (Tuskegee, AL) and brother James A. Perry (Houston, TX); also a niece, Bettye Shipley (Chicago, IL).
Information for this bio comes from his obituary (Enquirer-Journal, 5-22-1972, p. 14), library files (UCVF: Perry, Dr. A. E.); Monroe, NC, City Council minutes (available online); online research at Family Search and his discharge papers found on microfilm at the Union County Public Library. -Patricia Poland
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