February IsBlack istory onth The Chronicle Salutes Blacks In TheMedical Field
ByDianne Hicks-Flourry
February 2017 is African AmericanMonthandwewould like to give credit and recognition for all of the well-known, and little known doctors of African American decent. Some of these people are in medicine or in the medical field. There are some names you may even be familiar with as we begin to share each of them with you:
Dr. Clinton Canady, Jr. Originally from Detroit, in Michigan affectionately known as "Doc" began his distinguished career with a Doctorate of Dental Science from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, TN, and he was the second Black dentist in Lansing and practiced for over 50 years. Among his many accomplishments and achievements, Doc Canady served as:
Emma Reynolds, a young woman who wanted to be a nurse, was denied admission to the Chicago area nursing school because she was black. Her brother, the pastor of St. Stephens Church, approached respected black surgeon Dr. Daniel Williams for help. Dr. Williams and pastor Reynolds decided to open a nursing school for black women. In 1890 Dr. Williams consulted with a group ofblack ministers & physicians to explore startinganurse trainingfacilityand hospital. The group got assis-
President of the Lansing BranchNAACP, thefirst Black member of the City of the Lansing Fire Board, the first Black member of the State of Michigan Dental Board, a National Dental Examiner, member of both the Michigan and National Dental Associations, the first Black memberoftheCountryClubof Lansing,afoundingmemberof Alpha Chi Boule of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, and a member of the Detroit Chapter of the National Association of Guardsmen. He worked tirelessly to provide employment opportunities for other members of the Black communityin Lansing, Michigan.
Dr. Alexa Canady-Davis
became the first AfricanAmerican female Neurosurgeon and one of 10 firstfemaleneurosurgeons. She was ChiefofNeurosurgery and
Professor of Neurosurgery at the children's hospital of Michigan for many years. Her specialty was Pediatric neurosurgery. Originally from Lansing, she and her mother are both in the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. They are the only mother-daughter duo inthehistory there.
Dr. Alexa Canady Davis received a Distinguished Service Award from Wayne State University, and the Leonard F. Swain Award Esteemed Alumni Award from University of Michigan Black Alumni. However, she is most proud of Teacher of the Year Award at Children's Hospital of Michigan.
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams who helpedtostartthefirsthospital
owned and managed by Blacks is Provident Hospital in Chicago.
Dr. Percy Julian who discov-
ered cortisone and he did researchwithbirthcontrolpills
and steroids.
RebeccaLee Crumplerwas the first African American woman to become a physician in the
United States.
Dr. Ben Carson from Michigan became famous when he performed an operation to sepa-
tance and donations from prominent white citizens as well as black individuals and organizations. Provident was started in 1891.
Black hospitalmovement inAlabamaAlabama as well as the rest of the South known as Jim Crow, blacks were barred from working in or being treated at many area hospitals. These restrictions were partly responsible for starting the Black hospital movement in the late nineteenthcentury. Duringthefirst half of the twentieth century,
rate a pair of Siamese twins, and most recently ran for President of the United States. He is now nominated to serve as Housing and Urban Development Secretary in the DonaldTrumpAdministration. Otis Boykin invented an artificial heart pacemaker control. Patricia Bath, an
Ophthalmologist, who was the first African American female physician to receive a patent for the medical invention that relates to cataract surgery. Also, she did research on a probewhichrevolutionizedand that led to UltraTechnique. African Americans have made significant contributions to the medicalindustry. Pleasejoinus and help us to celebrate their accomplishments.
philanthropic and church based organizations, worked to establish private clinics and hospitals toallowblackdoctors to practice medicine and treat their patients in a proper medicalfacility. Federalhealthand civil rights legislation provided funding and required integration ultimately lead to the demise of black hospitals. In 1892 Tuskegee Institute open the firstAfricanAmerican hospital in Alabama. Tuskegee Institute hospitals was also a nursing school and provided
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Mae C. Jemison
African-Americanfemaleastronaut.In1992,sheflewintospace aboardtheEndeavour,becoming thefirstAfrican-American woman1nspace.
Synopsis
MaeC.Jemisonwasbornon October17,1956,inDecatur, Alabama.OnJune4,1987,she becamethefirstAfricanAmericanwomantobeadmitted intotheastronauttrainingprogram.OnSeptember12,1992, Jemisonfinallyflewintospace withsixotherastronautsaboard theEndeavouronmissionSTS47,
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Americanwomaninspace.In recognitionofheraccomplishments,Jemisonhasreceivedseveralawardsandhonorarydoctorates.
EarlyLife
toChicago,Illinois,whenJemison was3yearsoldtotakeadvantage ofbettereducationalopportunities there,anditisthatcitythatshe callsherhometown.
Throughoutherearlyschool years,Jemison'sparentsweresupportiveandencouragingofher talentsandabilities,andshespent aconsiderableamountoftimein herschoollibraryreadingabout allaspectsofscience,especially astronomyDuringhertimeat MorganParkHighSchool,she becameconvincedshewantedto pursueacareerinbiomedical engineering,andwhenshegraduatedin1973asaconsistenthonor student,sheenteredStanford UniversityonaNational AchievementScholarship.
InitialCareerChoice
Asshehadbeeninhighschool, Jemisonwasveryinvolvedin extracurricularactivitiesat Stanford,includingdanceandtheaterproductions,andservedas headoftheBlackStudentUnion. ShereceivedaBachelorofScience degreeinchemicalengineering fromtheuniversityin1977.Upon graduation,sheenteredCornell UniversityMedicalCollegeand, duringheryearsthere,foundtime toexpandherhorizonsbystudyinginCubaandKenyaandworkingataCambodianrefugeecamp inThailand.
AftersheobtainedherM.D.in 1981,JemisoninternedatLos AngelesCounty/Universityof SouthernCaliforniaMedical CenterandlaterworkedasagenAstronautandphysicianMaeeralpractitioner.Forthenexttwo JemisonwasbornonOctober17,andahalfyears,shewasthearea 1956,inDecatur,Alabama,thePeaceCorpsmedicalofficerfor youngestchildofCharlieJemison,SierraLeoneandLiberiawhere arooferandcarpenter,andshealsotaughtanddidmedical Dorothy(Green)Jemison,anele-research.Followingherreturnto mentaryschoolteacher.Hersister,theUnitedStatesin1985,Jemison AdaJemisonBullock,becameamadeacareerchangeanddecided childpsychiatrist,andherbroth-tofollowadreamshehadnurer,CharlesJemison,isarealturedforalongtime.InOctober estatebroker.Thefamilymovedofthatyear,sheappliedforadmissiontoNASA'sastronauttraining program.TheChallengerdisaster ofJanuary1986delayedtheselectionprocess,butwhenshereappliedayearlater,Jemisonwasone ofthe15candidateschosenfroma fieldofabout2,000.
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ingprogram.Aftermorethana yearoftraining,shebecamethe firstAfrican-Americanfemale astronaut,earningthetitleofsciencemissionspecialist-ajobthat wouldmakeherresponsiblefor conductingcrew-relatedscientific experimentsonthespaceshuttle. WhenJemisonfinallyflewinto spaceonSeptember12,1992,with sixotherastronautsaboardthe EndeavouronmissionSTS47,she becamethefirstAfricanAmericanwomaninspace.During hereightdaysinspace,sheconductedexperimentsonweightlessnessandmotionsicknessonthe crewandherself.Inall,shespent morethan190hoursinspace beforereturningtoEarthon September20,1992.Followingher historicflight,Jemisonnotedthat societyshouldrecognizehow muchbothwomenandmembers ofotherminoritygroupscancontributeifgiventheopportunity.
Inrecognitionofheraccomplishments,Jemisonreceivedanumber ofaccolades,includingseveral honorarydoctorates,the1988 EssenceScienceandTechnology Award,theEbonyBlack AchievementAwardin1992anda MontgomeryFellowshipfrom DartmouthCollegein1993.She wasalsonamedGammaSigma GammaWomanoftheYearin 1990.Additionally,in1992,an alternativepublicschoolin Detroit,Michigan,theMaeC. JemisonAcademy,wasnamed afterher.
Jemisonhasbeenamemberof severalprominentorganizations, includingtheAmericanMedical Association,theAmerican ChemicalSocietyandthe AmericanAssociationforthe AdvancementofScience,and servedontheboardofdirectorsof theWorldSickleCellFoundation from1990to1992.Shehasalso servedasanadvisorycommittee memberoftheAmericanExpress GeographyCompetitionandan honoraryboardmemberofthe CenterforthePreventionof ChildhoodMalnutrition.
FirstAfrican-American FemaleAstronaut
WhenJemisonwaschosenon June4,1987,shebecamethefirst African-Americanwomantobe admittedintotheastronauttrain-
Afterleavingtheastronautcorps inMarch1993,Jemisonaccepted ateachingfellowshipat Dartmouth.Shealsoestablished theJemisonGroup,acompany thatseekstoresearch,developand marketadvancedtechnologies.
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