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Black History Month: Dr. Mamie Phipps Clark

Dr. Mamie Phipps Clark’s ground-breaking research on child development and racial prejudice was instrumental to the field of psychology and the desegregation of the American schooling system.

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Black History Month: Dr. Patricia Bath

Inventor of the Laserphaco Probe for cataract surgery.

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Black History Month: Lillie Johnson

First Black director of public health in Ontario and founder of the Sickle Cell Association of Ontario.

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Black History Month: Bernice Redmon

First Black nurse to practise in public health.

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Black History Month: Dr. Anderson Ruffin Abbott

First Canadian-born Black doctor.

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Black History Month: Dr. Charles R. Drew

First African-American to be an examiner for the American Board of Surgery. First director of the American Red Cross Blood Bank.

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Black History Month: Dr. Alexander Thomas Augusta

First African-American physician in the U.S. Army. First Black professor of medicine in the U.S. First Black hospital administrator in the U.S.

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Black History Month: Dr. James McCune Smith

First African-American to hold a medical degree.

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