Segregated Doctoring: Black Physicians in Augusta, Georgia, 1902-1952 - Paperbackby Leslie J. Pollard Sr (Author) Between 1902 and 1952, Augusta, Georgia, attracted thirty four black physicians. The earliest African American physicians began arriving in Augusta in the mid 1880s, when race relations were still evolving from the Reconstruction era. At that time, they were accorded privileges at the city's black public hospital. By 1902, racial attitudes had solidified, and black physicians were excluded from the African American