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In 1953, a 23-year-old Black woman named Louise went into labor in Alabama. Her husband called an ambulance. The ambulance driver said:"We don't transport coloreds."

Louise's husband drove her. She gave birth in the
back seat. She almost died.
Louise said: "No Black mother gives birth in a back
seat because of me."

She started a volunteer ambulance service. She
recruited Black drivers. She bought a used hearse
and painted it white.

Her service ran for 30 years. They transported 500 pregnant Black women to hospitals. No one gave birth in a back seat.

In 1985, the ambulance company that rejected her
went out of business. Louise bought their
ambulances at auction.

She said: "Their ambulances carry Black mothers
now. That is not revenge. That is a ride."
Louise died in 1995. Her hearse-ambulance is in a
museum.

Based on real stories of Black volunteer ambulance
services during segregation.

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