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Dr. Simon Overton Johnson

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By Brother David L. Carl 1-93-G When Dr. Johnson graduated medical school at Boston University, military segregation remained a tormenting symbol of the rampant discrimination and treatment of Blacks in America. The inability of Black veterans to receive equal treatment as whites embodied the reach of institutional racism extending to the federal level. Johnson stood Read more about Dr. Simon Overton Johnson[…]

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Dr Cornelius Nathaniel Garland

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By Brother David L. Carl 1-93-G In 1903, Dr. Garland brought his medical skills and surgical training to Boston, passing the state board exam with high honors. However, he found Boston’s hospitals, including the largest, Boston City Hospital, would not train Black medical and nursing students. Concerned not only with aiding the sick and poor, Read more about Dr Cornelius Nathaniel Garland[…]

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