People, Locations, Episodes

Fri, 04.29.1870

J. Edward Perry, Doctor born

*The birth of J. Edward Perry in 1870 is celebrated on this date. He was an African American Physician.

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Mon, 06.13.1870

Carrie Early Broadfoot, Nurse, and Healthcare Advocate born

*Carrie Early Broadfoot was born on this date in 1870. She was a Black nurse, and family consumer services advocate. Carrie Early was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, and educated at Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital in Philadelphia, graduating in 1899. She was Superintendent from 1900-1904 and moved to Raleigh in the fall 1904 or winter of 1905. There, […]

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Wed, 08.10.1870

Solomon H. Thompson, Physician born

*Solomon Thompson was born on this date in 1870. He was a Black Physician. From Charlestown, West Virginia, Solomon Henry Thompson graduated from Storer College in Harper’s Ferry, VA, and in 1892 received his medical degree from Howard University in Washington, D.C. In 1898, Dr. Thompson settled in Kansas City, Kansas, where he opened a […]

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Sat, 10.29.1870

Martha Franklin, Nursing Pioneer born

*Martha Franklin was born on this date in 1870.  She was a Black nurse and activist.   Martha Minerva Franklin was born in New Milford, Connecticut, to Mary E. Gauson and Henry J. Franklin.  Her father was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War.   She graduated from Meriden Public High School in 1890 as the only black student in her class. In […]

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Sun, 12.25.1870

Henry M. Minton, Pharmacist born

Henry Minton was born on this date in 1870. He was an African American pharmacist and physician.

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Sun, 01.22.1871

Justina Ford, Doctor, and Humanitarian born

*The birth of Justina Ford in 1871 is marked on this date. She was an African American physician and humanitarian.

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Mon, 05.13.1872

Matilda Evans, South Carolina Doctor born

On this date we celebrate the birth of Matilda Arabelle Evans, an African American surgeon in 1872.

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Tue, 07.23.1872

The Lubricator Cup is Patented by a Black Man

*On this date in 1882, Black inventor Elijah McCoy patented the Lubricator Cup. The devise dripped small amounts of oil onto moving engine parts, saving businesses time and money.

It was used with steam engines. A hollow tube projected down from the bottom of the cup into a steam chamber. There was a valve at the top end of the tube and a piston at the lower end. Steam in the cylinder activated the piston, releasing the oil. A year later, McCoy improved on his original model so that oil was released only when there was no longer steam in the chamber.

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Thu, 08.01.1872

Solomon Fuller, Physician born

*Solomon Fuller was born on this date in 1872.  He was a Black Liberian physician, psychiatrist, pathologist, and professor.  Solomon Carter Fuller was born in Monrovia, Liberia, to Americo-Liberian parents. His father Solomon had become a coffee planter in Liberia and an official in its government. His mother, Anna Ursula James, was the daughter of […]

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Sun, 09.08.1872

Ionia Rollin Whipper, Obstetrician born

*Ionia Rollin Whipper was born on this date in 1872.  She was a Black obstetrician and public health outreach worker.   From Beaufort, South Carolina, both of Whipper’s parents were from black families who had been free before the American Civil War. Her father, the lawyer William James Whipper, moved from Philadelphia to South Carolina […]

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Tue, 07.08.1873

John Alcindor, Doctor and Activist born

*John Alcindor was born on this date in 1873.  He was a Black British physician and activist. John Alcindor was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and educated at Saint Mary’s College. After winning one of the four Island Scholarships, he studied medicine at Edinburgh University, Scotland, graduating from there with a medical degree in […]

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Tue, 03.03.1874

Ludie Clay Andrews, Nurse, and Nursing Advocate born

*Ludie Clay Andrews was born on this date in 1874. She was a Black nurse and administrator. Ludie Clay Andrews, a Mulatto was born in Milledgeville, Georgia, where she graduated from Eddy High School. Shortly after, she entered into nurse training at MacVicar Hospital at Spelman College in Atlanta, graduating in 1906. Spelman College later closed its […]

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Fri, 05.22.1874

Rivers Frederick, Physician born

On this date in 1874, Rivers Frederick, an African American physician, was born in New Roads, Pionte Coupee’ Parish, LA.

Frederick graduated from the University of New Orleans and earned his M.D. from the University of Illinois in 1897. He spent the next two years as a surgical clinician in Chicago, returning to New Orleans to begin a private practice. Responding to the lack of real opportunities for Black doctors in the United States, Frederick moved to Honduras in 1901.

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Fri, 07.16.1875

Herbert Scrulock, Bio-Chemist born

*The birth of Herbert C. Scurlock in 1875 is celebrated on this date. He was an African American biochemist who pioneered the application of radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer and the use of x-ray to diagnose dental problems.

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Sat, 09.08.1877

Fred T. Jones, Doctor, and Activist born

*Fred T. Jones was born on this date in 1877. He was an African American Physician, administrator and community activist.

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