The Georgia Infirmary
The Georgia Infirmary was the first hospital for African Americans built in the United States. Chartered on December 24, 1832 “for the relief and protection...
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David Jones Peck
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David Jones Peck was the first black man to graduate from an American medical school. He was born to John C. and Sarah Peck in...
Eugen Fischer
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Eugen Fischer was a prominent German scientist and physician who made significant contributions to the fields of anthropology, genetics, and eugenics during the early 20th...
David Satcher
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David Satcher is an American physician, public health administrator, and educator. He has made significant contributions to the field of public health and has held...
Henrietta Lacks
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The Immortal Legacy of a Medical Pioneer Henrietta Lacks was born on August 1, 1920, in Roanoke, Virginia, into a family of African American tobacco...
Drapetomania
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In 1851, Dr. Samuel A. Cartwright, a prominent Southern physician, published a paper in De Bow’s Review, a widely circulated periodical in the antebellum South....
Dr. Alvin Vincent Blount, Jr.
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Medical surgeon Dr. Alvin Vincent Blount, Jr. was born on February 24, 1922, in Wake County, Raleigh, North Carolina. He was the eldest of four...
Dr. Gina Paige
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In 2003, Dr. Gina Paige co-founded African Ancestry, Inc. and in doing so, pioneered a new way of tracing African lineages using genetics, and a...
Dr. Rick Kittles
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PIONEERING RESEARCHER: Dr. Rick Kittles is Co-founder and Scientific Director of African Ancestry, Inc. It is through his years of research on genetic variation in...
Valerie Thomas
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Valerie Thomas is an African-American scientist and inventor best known for her patented illusion transmitter and contributions to NASA research. Valerie Thomas was born in...