On this day, the National Negro Medical Association of Physicians, Dentists, and Pharmacists was established in Atlanta, Georgia, during the Cotton States and International Exposition. The organization was created to support African American healthcare professionals who were excluded from white medical societies.
Led by pioneers like Dr. Robert F. Boyd, the association aimed to promote medical education, improve public health in Black communities, and advocate for the rights of Black healthcare workers.
This organization would later evolve into what is known today as the National Medical Association (NMA), the largest and oldest national organization representing African American physicians and their patients in the United States.
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