"It's not just about business. This is home to me."
Dr. E. Michelle Morgan, DDS
Our Vision
Health & Wellness Center
Our Vision is to continue the legacy of Dr. Edward J. Mason and Dr. Emmitt J. Conrad and a handful of other black doctors who built a facility (Forest Avenue Hospital) that once housed one of Dallas' s few black-owned and operated hospitals.
Our Future is to realize the dream of revitalizing South Dallas Healthcare.
"It's not just about business. This is home to me."
Dr. E. Michelle Morgan, DDS
Historical
Perspective - 1960s - 1980s
Legacy of Hope Health & Wellness Center (formerly the Forest Avenue Hospital) was established by a handful of black doctors in the early 1960s, at a time when racial segregation was still commonplace across the United States.
At the turn of the 20th century, Forest Avenue — now Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd — was Dallas’ southern city limit, an unincorporated area where black residents were allowed to buy land.
Black doctors often could not work in whites-only facilities, and many hospitals did not admit black patients, forcing entrepreneurs to establish separate medical centers for people of color.