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Mental Illness in Black Community, 1700-2019: A Short History

WEBIn the article below, Dr. Uchenna Umeh, a former San Antonio, Texas physician, briefly describes how mental health among African Americans was viewed …

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Contraband Hospital, 1862-1863: Health Care For the First …

WEBIn the article below Jill L. Newmark, exhibition specialist in the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH) …

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National Medical Association (1895- ) •

WEBThe National Medical Association (NMA) was founded in 1895 by African American physicians as an alternative to the white-only American Medical Association. It …

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Freedmen’s Hospital/Howard University Hospital (1862-- ) •

WEBThe Freedmen’s Hospital was founded in 1862 in Washington, D.C. It was the first hospital of its kind to aid in the medical treatment of former slaves. Later it …

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Black Panther Party’s Free Medical Clinics (1969-1975)

WEBIn 1966 Huey Newton and Bobby Seale created the Black Panther Party (BPP) to fight police oppression of blacks in Oakland, California. Two years later the …

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Meharry Medical College (1876- ) •

WEBMeharry Medical College, founded in 1876 in Nashville, Tennessee, is the second oldest medical school for African Americans in the nation. The college was …

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Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Center/Charles R. Drew

WEBThe Martin Luther King, Jr. Medical Center opened in 1971 as a result of lobbying efforts by civil rights and antipoverty activists to bring a high quality medical …

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Henrietta Lacks and the Debate Over the Ethics of Bio

WEBIn the article below Clarence Spigner, DrPH., Professor of Health Services in the School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, briefly describes the …

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African Americans in Medicine in the Civil War Era

WEBIn 1847 David James Peck was the first to receive a medical degree in the United States. By the end of the Civil War at least 22 African Americans had obtained …

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Paul B. Cornely (1906-2002)

WEBPaul B. Cornely is remembered today as a public health pioneer and civil rights leader whose activism contributed to the desegregation of national healthcare. Dr. …

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Georgia Infirmary (1832- ) •

WEBThe Georgia Infirmary was the first hospital for African Americans built in the United States. Chartered on December 24, 1832 “for the relief and protection of aged …

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Homer G. Phillips Hospital (1937-1979)

WEBHomer G. Phillips Hospital, one of the country’s most prestigious medical institutions, was designed by architect Albert Osburg. The hospital was opened in 1937, …

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Matilda A. Evans (1866-1935)

WEBDr. Matilda Arabelle Evans, black healthcare advocate, was born in Aiken, South Carolina in 1866. The oldest of three, born to Anderson and Harriet Evans, she …

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Bobby Wright (1934-1982)

WEBBobby Eugene Wright, Pan-African clinical psychologist, mental health administrator, and theorist, was born March 1, 1934 in Anniston, Alabama. Reared in …

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Eddie Bernice Johnson (1935-2023)

WEBAn early career in health care led to political aspirations for Eddie Bernice Johnson, culminating in her position representing Texas in the U.S. House of …

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Sherman A. James (1944- ) •

WEBSherman A. James is a social epidemiologist and most notably known for the concept of “John Henryism.” Most recently, Dr. James served as a research professor of …

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (1908- ) •

WEBAlpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (AKA), the oldest Greek-letter organization established for African American women, was founded on January 15, 1908, on the …

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Helen Octavia Dickens (1909-2001)

WEBThe first African American woman to be admitted as a fellow to the American College of Surgeons (1950), Helen Octavia Dickens dedicated her career to women’s …

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Ionia Rollin Whipper (1872-1953)

WEBDr. Ionia Rollin Whipper, physician and social reformer, was born September 8, 1872 in Beaufort, South Carolina. She was one of three surviving children born to …

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