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Working Hard247 @midnightpower29 ·
Black History: #PeterMarrayMarshall of #NewYork appointed to American Medical Associations House of Delegates. In 1931 Murray was the first African-American physician to become a certified Diplomate of the American Board of #Obstetrics and #Gynecology, and in 1949 he was the first #AfricanAmerican to sit in the #HouseOfDelegates of the American Medical Association, representing the Medical Society of the County of New York.

(If You Are black Reading This, You Can Do It Also)

P.S: The Only Photo Of Him Is By The Great Artist #BetsyGravesReyneau.
Working Hard247 @midnightpower29 ·
Black History: Alexander Murray Palmer Haley, better known as Alex Haley, was a celebrated #author whose books centered around #AfricanAmerican heritage. He was born on August 11, 1921 in #Ithaca, #NewYork to Simon and Bertha Palmer Haley. For the first few years of his life he lived in #Tennessee with his mother and grandparents, while his father was at #CornellUniversity studying #agriculture.
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