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Black History Month 2019 - #7: Fourteen Black Doctors who Made History
It’s 2017 and Black doctors only make up about 7.5 percent of the US physician workforce. While there’s still much progress to be made, African Americans already figure significantly in the history of medicine.
There were many articles about African American doctors who were firsts in their fields. I pared it down to 14 that I thought were outstanding. Here are 14 African American MD's who made medical history:
https://laurenkfoster.wordpress.com/2019/02/22/black-history-month-2019-7-fourteen-black-doctors-who-made-history/