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'''Imogene Bunn''' (1912-2002) was a civil rights activist and a co-founder of the Charlottesville chapter of the NAACP.  
'''Imogene Bunn''' (1912-2002) was a civil rights activist and a co-founder of the Charlottesville chapter of the NAACP.<ref>Branigan, Michelle Marie (December 1998). ''A Biography of Frances Brand, an American Painter and Social Activist'' (PhD). Indiana University.</ref>
 
Bunn received her degree in public health nursing from Michigan State University. She moved to Charlottesville with her husband, Benjamin, in 1945. She became the first Black nurse in the area, who was assigned to visit patients in their homes regardless of race, as well as the first Black public health nursing administrator in the state. Bunn single-handedly desegregated three healthcare facilities in the area, including UVA Hospital. She fought for higher acceptance of Black nurses to the University and acceptance within the community. Together, the Bunns were politically active, campaigning for and endorsing candidates in a community that broadly wanted to exclude Black people from politics. The two were posthumously recognized as Bridge Builders.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cvillebridgebuilders.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CVille-Bridge-Builders-2ndprintrun-8-pages.pdf|title=BridgeBuilders 2001-2016|last=|first=|publishdate=2019|publisher=Preservation Piedmont|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=16 June, 2022}}</ref>




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Revision as of 21:39, 21 June 2022

Imogene Bunn (1912-2002) was a civil rights activist and a co-founder of the Charlottesville chapter of the NAACP.[1]

Bunn received her degree in public health nursing from Michigan State University. She moved to Charlottesville with her husband, Benjamin, in 1945. She became the first Black nurse in the area, who was assigned to visit patients in their homes regardless of race, as well as the first Black public health nursing administrator in the state. Bunn single-handedly desegregated three healthcare facilities in the area, including UVA Hospital. She fought for higher acceptance of Black nurses to the University and acceptance within the community. Together, the Bunns were politically active, campaigning for and endorsing candidates in a community that broadly wanted to exclude Black people from politics. The two were posthumously recognized as Bridge Builders.[2]


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  1. Branigan, Michelle Marie (December 1998). A Biography of Frances Brand, an American Painter and Social Activist (PhD). Indiana University.
  2. Web. BridgeBuilders 2001-2016, Preservation Piedmont, 2019, retrieved 16 June, 2022.

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