Nearly 80 years after the opening of a local pharmacy gave Black residents of New Orleans’ St. Bernard neighborhood better access to medicine and healthcare, officials honored the business and its founder by adding the site to the state’s Historic Marker Registry.
Bynum Pharmacy, opened in 1947 by pharmacist and civil rights leader Horace Bynum, was formally recognized Sunday as community leaders and relatives unveiled the new marker at 3840 St. Bernard Ave.
“Mr. Bynum was a trailblazer, not only in healthcare but in creating economic opportunities for the Black community,” Liz Sherman, executive director of the Pharmacy Museum, said during the ceremony…