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Trailblazing doctor's
house is up for sale
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Medicine was the late Dr.
H. Rembert Malloy's trade
-people were his passion
Malloy. who passed away in
2004. is often hailed for his
many accomplishments in the
field of medicine He irained
under the legendary Dr
Charles Drew, who revolu
tionized blood transfusions
when he discovered a more
effective way to preserve and
store collected blood.
One of the first black sur
geons in the South to go into
private practice. Malloy was a
trailblazer in his own right. It
is said that he never turned a
patient in need away, even if it
meant, he had to perform his
tedious work for free.
Malloy excelled at his pro
fession and he prospered. The
spacious home on New
Walkertown Road where he
once lived is a testament to
that.
Malloy and his wife, who
is also deceased, designed the
more than 3,500 square-foot
dwelling, which was said to
be his pride and joy,. He lived
there for more than 50 years,
until his death at the age of
90.
Even in his own home,
Malloy maintained an open
door policy He was known
for inviting community mem
bers in for a dip in his private
pool or to spend time in the
confines of his hilltop villa.
The old doctor often talked of
turning his home into a com
munity gathering place* as
H.R. "Rem" Malloy III told
The Chronicle shortly after
his grandfather's death.
In the months after his
passing, the community was
abuzz with talk about convert
ing the property into a sort of
tribute to Dr, Malloy. There
was talk of Winston-Salem
State University buying the
property and putting it to
some type of public use The
Malloy family supported such
plans, but they were never
brought to fruition.
Dr. Donald Jenkins, a local
educator and minister,
scooped the property up soon
after it became available.
"I knew a property like
Dr. Malloy
Jenkins
that wouldn't stay on the mar*
ket long," the former WSSL'
professor said of the home,
which sits on more than two
acres of land, "I thought a
house of that quality really
ought to be preserved. I
thought a black person or a
black group ought to buy it."
Jenkins says he and his
wife considered living in the
house themselves.
"We had intended to fix it
up earlier, to restore it to its
former grandeur," he said of
the house, which he plans to
have renovated in the coming
months. "We were debating
whether we would stay in it or
make it something that was
available to the community."
Unfortunately, life got in
the way for the couple, who
still own their current
dwelling, also in Winston
Salem.
"We're anxious to sell it,"
he stated. "I would hope
somebody has some respect
for its character, but at this
point, its a financial deci
sion
And so the Malloy proper
ty is again up for grabs.
Jenkins says he has been
contacted by a profusion of
interested parties since he
planted the "for sale" sign in
the front lawn. Everything
from a group home to a meet
ing place to a nursing facility
has been proposed by poten
tial leaseholders, but Jenkins
says he's holding out for a
sale. He is hopeful, he added,
that the property will find its
way into the hands an individ
ual or group who truly wants
to honor the late physician's
life and legacy.
"With what Dr. Malloy did
in this community, its just
aWful that his church or his
community would not have
gotten together and preserved
(his home)," he said. "I think
that would be ideal."
Apology
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away from disrespect of so
many lives. The AM A failed to
do so and has apologized for
that failure."
The National Medical
Association. which was
founded in the late 19th centu
ry by black doctors excluded
from the AMA . was quick to
accept the apology.
"We commend the AMA
for taking this courageous step
and coming to grips with a
Jitany of discriminatory prac
tices that have had a devastat
ing effect on the health of
African Americans," said Dr.
Nelson L. Adams^ NMA's
President in a July 10 press
release.
The apology presented a
"historic opportunity" for the
two groups to work together to
heal the wounds of the past
and work on the problems of
the present (such as racial dis
parities). Adams said.
"Let's not make the same
mistakes again and have histo
ry repeat itself," he comment
ed. "Now is the time to move
forward and begin serving all
patients, regardless of race,
creed or color, with, {he high
est medical care possible."
Being barred from the
AMA made it harder for black
doctors to access information
about new procedures and
techniques, says Dr. Harvey
Allen Sr., a Winston-Salem
second generation physician.
"It made it harder for us to
get information between each
other," remarked Allen, who
went into private practice as a
surgeon in 1965 and is the
father of two doctors.
Yfct the segregated system
wasn't all bad, said Allen, a
member of the NMA. The
Kate B. Reynolds Hospital,
where he once served as chief
of surgery, was the pride of the
local black community, he
Photo by Layla Farmer
Dr. Jonathan Weston is a longtime OB/GYN.
asserts.
"It was a fine hospital," he
said with a smile. "It showed
that the black doctor was well
trained and had the ability to
learn as well as the next per
son."
Dr. Jonathan Weston, a
local OB/GYN. says he has
fought stereotypes and dis
crimination against African
Americans since he was a
chief resident in medical
school in Rochester, N.Y. 4
Problems in the healthcare
system persist even today,
pointed out Weston, who is an
active member of the Old
North State Medical Society,
the oldest association of black
physicians in the nation.
While he admits he hasn't
been as active in ihe AMA or
the North Carolina Medical
Association in the past.
Weston says it's time he and
other black doctors got
involved.
"There are so many issues
out there involving medicine
... that (African Americans),
as a group, need to be behind
these (traditionally Caucasian)
organizations," he comment
ed. "Anything that benefits
them also benefits us."
Lynching
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sporting Obama bumper
stickers - rehearsed the grue
some scene for hours.
When the car carrying the
two Wack couples reached the
bridge, they, lnsprung into
action. Two white men
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out of the velficle,
and soon the rest of
the mob materialized
from the woods,
wrenching the two "
couples from the car
and dragging them to
a dusty clearing
beside the bridge.
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them, they put nooses
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fired three volleys of bullets at
the ijv As they lay dead, anoth
er actor drenched them with
fake blood as the hushed
crowd watched. Amid the
silence, someone started
singing a soulful version of the
hymn "Precious Lord."
"It's horrible. It's grue
some," said state Rep. Tyrone
Brooks, who organizes the
event. "But this is what the
Malcoms and the Dortfcys
endured."
Afterward the white actors,
many who began crying them
selves, gave hearty hugs to
their black victims. Brooks
encouraged everyone to return
to the church, where food and
fellowship awaited.
But one person was slow to
leave. Sarah Maddox, a 78
year-old relative of the
Dorseys, dabbed
her eyes as she sat
al iire foot of the
bridge.
"It's awful. It's
awful. It's awful,"
she said, her voice
choking up. "I did
n't want to get this
close because it's
awful. At night.
Rrnnks
you don t want to
sleep. These people
are still around,
and they're dirty."
She was just a teenager
when the two couples were
killed. No one was charged
with a crime then, and despite
the recent search, she's doubt
ful anyone will he charged
with one now.
"Something needs to be
done," she said. "But I fear
we'll be waiting forever for
some kind of reconciliation."
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