“New Nursing Home to Be Integrated,” Indianapolis Recorder, September 17, 1960, p. 3 – Transcript || Annotation || Archive
A second integrated nursing home has been opened in connection with the People’s Temple, outstanding local interracial church which is affiliated with the Disciples of Christ.
Rev. James Jones, pastor, said the temple has bought and is now operating the Anthony Hall Nursing Home, 2135 N. Alabama. He emphasized that all patients are welcome regardless of race, creed or color. The nursing staff is interracial.
The home will take recipients of Marion County Department of Public Welfare aid, Rev. Jones said.
REV. JONES AND his wife, Mrs. Marceline Jones, R.N., operated the People’s Nursing Home at 2356 N. College. The temple also maintains the People’s Free Restaurant and commissary for the poor at the church, 975 N. Delaware.
All the activities, both religious and humanitarian, are carried on entirely without regard to color because the pastor and congregation believe there can be no compromise with Christ’s teachings on this point.