On this day, scientists publicly announced findings supporting the theory of Mitochondrial Eve, a woman who lived in Africa around 150,000 to 200,000... Continue →
On January 16, 1941, Dr. Charles Richard Drew, an African American physician and medical researcher, helped establish one of the first large-scale... Continue →
Jewel Plummer Cobb, a pioneering cancer research biologist and the first African American woman to serve as president in the California State... Continue →
Daniel Hale Williams, the pioneering African American surgeon who performed one of the first successful open-heart surgeries in the United States, is... Continue →
On January 22, 1949, Dr. James Gladden became the first African American to be certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. His... Continue →
On this day in 1891, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, one of the first African American surgeons in the United States, founded Provident Hospital in... Continue →
On February 2, 1915, biologist Ernest E. Just was awarded the first NAACP Spingarn Medal for his groundbreaking research in cell division and... Continue →
On this day, a health study began in Tuskegee, Alabama, where over 400 African American men were part of a project to learn more about syphilis, a... Continue →
On February 12, 1939, Augustus Nathaniel Lushington passed away. He was the first African American to earn a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.),... Continue →
Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, a pioneering educator, sociologist, and civil rights advocate, was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Du... Continue →
On this day, Rebecca Lee (later Crumpler) graduated from the New England Female Medical College, becoming the first African American woman in the... Continue →
On this day, the United States Post Office issued a commemorative stamp honoring Dr. Percy Lavon Julian (1899–1975), a pioneering African American... Continue →
Dr. Charles R. Drew, a groundbreaking African American surgeon and medical researcher, died at age 45 in an automobile accident near Burlington,... Continue →
On April 18, 1976, Dr. Percy Lavon Julian passed away at age 76, leaving behind a remarkable scientific legacy. A pioneering African American... Continue →
On April 24, 1884, a group of African American physicians gathered in Atlanta, Georgia, to organize what would become the National Medical... Continue →
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