Mikelle Howard
Mikelle Howard graduated from the University of Washington in 2022 with a degree in Medical Anthropology and Global Health. She is pursuing a career as a medical physician and continues to be an advocate for equitable care. Mikelle strives to learn more about black historical figures in medicine and fight against stereotypes in healthcare. Mikelle aims to be an exceptional future physician and advocate for minority communities.
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James Durham (1762-1802?)
Dr. James Durham has been widely acknowledged as the first recognized African American to be a physician in the United States. Due...
Henry Fitzbutler (1842-1901)
Although mainly known as the founder of Louisville National Medical College, Dr. Henry Fitzbutler was an exceptional physician and educator. Fitzbutler and his wife Sarah...
Simeon Lewis Carson (1882-1954)
Dr. Simeon Lewis Carson, a late-19th and early-20th century black physician, would be most known for being one of the first...
Odette Harris (1970- )
In 2018, Dr. Odette Harris of Stanford University in California became the second African American female professor of neurosurgery in the United States, following Dr. Alexa Canady who...
James Price Johnson (1894-1955)
Mostly known as the “Father of the Stride Piano,” James Johnson transformed music during the Harlem Renaissance. With his form of composition...
Ota Benga (1883-1916)
Ota Benga was a teenage boy brought from his homeland in central Africa and displayed like an animal at the Bronx Zoo...
(Sara) Saartjie Baartman (1789-1815)
Saartjie (Sara) Baartman was one of the first black women known to be subjugated to human sexual trafficking. She was...
