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James McCune Smith, MD (1813 — 1865)
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Pictured is James McCine Smith, MD (1813-1965)
In 1837, he became the first black American to receive a medical degree — although he had to enroll at the University of Glasgow Medical School because of racist admissions practices at U.S. medical schools. And that was far from his only groundbreaking accomplishment.