African American Medical Firsts

Celebrating 10 African-American medical pioneers | AAMC

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James McCune Smith, MD (1813 — 1865) James McCune Smith, MD, was a man of firsts. In 1837, he became the first black …

12 Black American Pioneers Who Changed Healthcare

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James McCune Smith (1813–1865) Born into slavery in New York City in …

Honoring Black Americans’ Contributions to Medicine

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1783: James Durham was born into slavery in 1762. He learned how to read, …

9 African American pioneers in medicine - American …

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Alexa Irene Canady, first female African American neurosurgeon. Dr. Alexa …

11 African American Doctors Who Became Medical …

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5 African American Medical Pioneers Who Changed …

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Rebecca Lee Crumpler. In 1864, after years as a nurse, Rebecca Lee Crumpler became the first Black woman in the U.S. to receive a medical degree. She …

African American Firsts in Medicine: Setting the …

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David Jones Peck was the first African American to earn a medical degree in the U.S. 2 Born to free parents in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, he grew up in a family that …

101 African American Firsts - BlackPast.org

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101 African American Firsts. Hiram Rhodes Revels, First Black U.S. Senator. African American history is about much more than chronicling a series of “firsts.”. The time and place of a breakthrough reflects not only …

List of African-American firsts - Wikipedia

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First formally trained African-American medical doctor: Dr James McCune Smith of New York City, who was educated at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and returned to …

The history of African Americans and organized medicine

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AMA apology to National Medical Association. For more than 100 years, the AMA actively reinforced or passively accepted racial inequalities and the exclusion of African-American physicians. In an address to the National …