Social Justice Through Sports and Medicine
Muhammed Ali The Greatest
Muhammed Ali is still the most recognizable man on earth. Over forty years after he burst onto the scene as a gold-medal winner at the 1960 Rome Olympics, Muhammad Ali remains a magical figure, known and loved throughout the world. His success as a boxer is widely respected, but Ali’s greatest triumph lies in his legacy as a champion, leader, humanitarian, and artist. His work both inside and outside the ring truly makes Muhammad Ali “The Greatest of All Time.”
Joycelyn Elders, MD Leading In Medicine A native of Schaal, Arkansas, Dr. Elders is now a Professor of Emeritus of pediatric endocrinology, at the University of Arkansas School of Medical Science. Dr. Elders never saw a physician prior to her first year in college. Joycelyn Elders, the first person in the state of Arkansas to become board certified in pediatric endocrinology, was the sixteenth Surgeon General of the United States, the first African American and only the second woman to head the U.S. Public Health Service. Elders, who is a dynamic advocate of public health, was appointed Surgeon General by President Bill Clinton in 1993.
Beny J. Primm, MD
Leading in AIDS Activism & Addiction Research Dr. Beny J. Primm, a medical consultant to several U.S. Presidents, might not be a doctor today if not for the University of Heidelberg in Germany and the University of Geneva in Switzerland, which welcomed Dr. Primm when U.S. medical schools routinely denied entrance to Blacks. Dr. Primm is internationally recognized as one of the world’s foremost experts on HIV and AIDS, an area of study he pursued initially due to the disease’s intimate relationship with addiction and the epidemic levels of infection among I.V. drug users. He has served on the Presidential Commission on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic.