02/04/2026
đż Mary Francis Hill Coley
Albany, Georgia | Dougherty County | Southwest Georgia
Starred in the documentary All My Babies, Mary Francis Hill Coley was a legendary granny midwife who served Black families in Albany, GA and the surrounding rural Southwest Georgia communities during segregation.
She: ⢠Safely delivered thousands of babies in homes when Black mothers were denied hospital care
⢠Bridged ancestral midwifery with public health practicesâtraining under state programs while fiercely advocating for the dignity and survival of Black women and babies
Mary Coley didnât just catch babies she protected life, educated mothers, and held entire communities together when systems refused to see them.
⨠This is our legacy. This is Black maternal history.
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