Posted on 04 July 2011. Tags: Black Doctors, Black Nurses, Black People in Health Care, Doctor, Hospitals, Nurse

1861: Anderson Ruffin Abbott (7 April 1837 – 29 December 1913) was the first Black Canadian to become a physician after being granted a medical licence from the medical board of Upper Canada in 1861.
1862: Washington, D.C.: Freedmen's Hospital is established & is the only Federally-funded health care facility for Negroes in the nation. 1864: ...
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Posted on 02 March 2009. Tags: Africa, America, American, Americas, Antigua, Army, Black, Black British, Blacks, Britain, British, Canada, Death, France, Hair, Health, Jamaica, Liverpool, London, Military, Moors, Navy, News, Nurse, Soldiers, Trade, Troops, Trumpet, Wales, War, Williams, equality, negro, senegal, slaves, surgeon


It would of course be easy to leave such men as
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Posted on 02 March 2009. Tags: Africa, Africa, African American, Africans, America, American, Americas, Black, Blacks, Business, Community, Discrimination, Food, History, News, Nurse, War, Williams, ethnicity, kids, nigerian, poverty, privacy, schools, society, violence


A look at the position of the average African and average African-American revealed some surprising parallels. For the purpose of simplifying this piece, I will generalize even when I know there are exceptions. I also know Alexander Dumas warned that all generalizations are dangerous, so don’t snap as you read. Treat this as an honest start of an authentic dialogue which all Africans in the Diaspora must have.
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Posted on 28 February 2009. Tags: 19th Century, Crimean, England, Jamaica, Nurse, Seacole, War, caribbean women, nightingale


Mary Seacole is, without a doubt one of the unsung heroines of British History. She was one of the two famous women who aided British troops in the Crimea.
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