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The Fight for Desegregation

September 24, 2022

By Dannie D. Gore, Sr. School desegregation and busing were one of the most contentious civil rights issues in the 1970s. In 1971, in the Swann v. Mecklenburg Board of Education decision, the Supreme Court mandated the use of busing to achieve greater integration of public schools. On June 21, 1974, U.S. District Court Judge […]

Neurologist and Pioneer in Biology Charles Henry Turner Broke Barriers

September 23, 2022

By Dannie Gore, Sr. Charles Henry Turner was a neurologist and a pioneer in the field of biology. He served as professor of Biology at Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta from 1892 to 1905, and in his later years was a teacher at the Sumner High School in St. Louis. He made numerous contributions to […]

Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller – The Nation’s First Black Psychiatrist

September 23, 2022

By Dannie Gore Sr. Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller, born in Liberia on August 11, 1872, was the grandson of an American slave who had purchased his freedom and emigrated to Africa. Fuller was a graduate of Boston University Medical School and eventually worked as a pathologist at Westborough State Hospital for the Insane, becoming the […]