One Decision Set a Miracle in Motion
Dr. Goodwin would never see the impact his recognition of my grandfather would have on him or his descendants. Sadly, he died of a heart attack in 1937. Randolph went on to lead the desegregation of UVA Hospital. He became an oxygen therapist, patented a respiratory valve later sold to the U.S. Navy, and, in 1954, became the publisher of The Charlottesville-Albemarle Tribune — Virginia’s oldest Black-owned newspaper.
Dr. Goodwin would never see the impact his recognition of my grandfather would have on him or his descendants. Sadly, he died of a heart attack in 1937. Randolph went on to lead the desegregation of UVA Hospital. He became an oxygen therapist, patented a respiratory valve later sold to the U.S. Navy, and, in 1954, became the publisher of The Charlottesville-Albemarle Tribune — Virginia’s oldest Black-owned newspaper.