Former UAB Nurse Carolyn Hood Recalls 30-Year Career

By Joseph Allen

Carolyn Hood wasn’t so much interested in making history as she was taking care of people. That’s why the Ensley native became a nurse.
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“Ever since I was a small child I’ve always wanted to be a nurse because I wanted to help people,” she said.

Hood trained with an all-black class of nursing students and took a job at UAB’s University Hospital in 1965. In doing so, she became part of Birmingham’s history as one of the early African American nurses to work on a formerly all-white staff.

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