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[https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2021/02/us/little-known-black-history-figures/ by CNN] | [https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2021/02/us/little-known-black-history-figures/ by CNN] | ||
Every Black History Month, we tend to celebrate the same cast of historic figures. They are the civil rights leaders and abolitionists whose faces we see plastered on calendars and postage stamps. They resurface each February when the nation commemorates African Americans who have transformed America. | Every Black History Month, we tend to celebrate the same cast of historic figures. They are the civil rights leaders and abolitionists whose faces we see plastered on calendars and postage stamps. They resurface each February when the nation commemorates African Americans who have transformed America. | ||
=====Exploring the AMA’s History of Discrimination===== | |||
[https://www.propublica.org/article/exploring-the-amas-history-of-discrimination-716 by Jonathan Sidhu 16/7/08 PROPUBLICA] | |||
Last Thursday, the American Medical Association apologized for its history of discrimination against African-American physicians. The apology comes on the heels of a JAMA paper published ($) by a panel of independent experts, which among other things detailed how the AMA worked to close down African-American medical schools. | |||
