Lucille Spence Byard is one of the most pivotal figures in the history of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Her rejection for medical treatment due to her race at an Adventist sanitarium on the Maryland-Washington, D.C., border in 1943 was the major catalyst for the formation of regional conferences, or Black-administered governance units, within the North American administrative structure of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. However, almost since the day Lucy Byard was refused treatment, the major details of the event have been subject to the whim of the teller, and variant versions have become embedded in church lore. What has been particularly problematic, though, is that historians have not made the effort to explore what actually happened to Byard, which would require bypassing the entrenched legends and consulting primary sources. This article reconstructs the Byard event from primary sources, allowing the participants in the event, especially those of color, to be heard. What finally emerges is Lucy Byard the person—much more than just an icon of tragedy—whose last days sparked the most effective grassroots movement in Adventist history.

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浪费而死：露西·巴德（Lucy Byard）的生平，最后日子和遗产

Lucille Spence Byard是基督复临安息日会历史上最重要的人物之一。她因1943年在马里兰州-华盛顿特区边界的基督复临安息日假医院内的种族而拒绝接受医疗，这是在该地区的北美行政结构内形成区域会议或由黑人管理的治理单位的主要催化剂。基督复临安息日会。但是，几乎从露西·巴亚德（Lucy Byard）被拒绝的那一天起，该活动的主要细节一直受到出纳员的追捧，并且变体版本已嵌入教堂的知识中。然而，尤其成问题的是，历史学家们并未努力探索巴耶德的实际情况，这将需要绕过根深蒂固的传说并咨询主要来源。本文从主要来源重建了Byard事件，使该事件的参与者（尤其是有色人种）能够被听到。最终出现的是露西·巴亚德（Lucy Byard），他不仅是悲剧的象征，而且他的末日引发了基督复临安息日历史上最有效的基层运动。