The Dixie 3: A Story on Civil Rights in Nursing

For Nurses By Nurses Productions announces its upcoming public release of the docudrama, “The Dixie 3: A Story on Civil Rights in Nursing,” with a free, week-long showing at the Hampton History Museum February 21-27.

Produced by Denetra Hampton, this 35-minute film is based on the landmark civil rights case that occurred at Hampton’s Dixie Hospital. On August 8, 1963, three black nurses, Mildred Smith, Patricia Taylor (McKenzie), and Agnes Stokes (Chisman), had decided to eat lunch in the new, spacious whites-only cafeteria of the hospital rather than in the cramped basement classroom designated for non-whites.

The three women were fired on the second day of their sit-in and sued the hospital for racial discrimination. In 1966 the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously reversed a lower court decision and ordered Dixie Hospital to reinstate the nurses.

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You can watch the film for free in the Hampton History Museum's Great Hall throughout the day.

The Hampton History Museum is located at 120 Old Hampton Lane in Downtown Hampton. For more information call 757-727-1102 or visit www.hamptonhistorymuseum.org

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