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January 11, 2007
African-American Dentists in the Military
I just discovered this marvelous free online book documenting just a few of the challenges and achievements of early efforts to promote diversity in the US Dental Corps. Along with this, please also note recent news articles highlighting the achievements of specific African American dentists in their local communities.
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Hyson, John M. African-American Dental Surgeons and the U.S. Army Dental Corps, a Struggle for Acceptance, 1901-1919
http://history.amedd.army.mil/ameddcorp/African-AmericanDentalSurgeons/default.html
"The author began collecting any data he found on African-American dental officers as a matter of policy. The material sat dormant until 1992 when a planning grant proposal for a museum exhibition on African-American dentistry was under consideration at the University of Maryland. With a mad rush, the author dug into his files for the material collected on black dentists, thus was spawned the present manuscript."
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Dr. William Morgan was a Tuskegee airman. Star Tribune January 10, 2007. http://www.startribune.com/466/story/929067.html
"The dentist, who was a pioneering black fighter pilot during World War II, moved from a Pittsburgh practice to Wanamingo, Minn., in the 1960s."
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Bibb's 1st black BOE member dead at 69
By Phillip Ramati
Macon Telegraph Thu, Jan. 11, 2007
http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/16431776.htm
Posted by pfa at January 11, 2007 03:34 PM