Boyd, Robert F.
1858-1912 · Contribution: 1895
First president of the National Medical Association
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Impact on the world
Became the first president of the National Medical Association when it was founded by twelve Black physicians in 1895 as an alternative to the segregated American Medical Association.
Life & background
A physician, Boyd was elected the first president of the National Medical Association in 1895, when it was founded by twelve African American doctors at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta after years of exclusion from the all-white American Medical Association.
Sources
- National Medical Association (official history); BlackPast.org; African American Registry
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