Davenport University’s Warren campus is hosting an exhibit highlighting the groundbreaking achievements of African Americans in medicine Feb. 24.
The event, Dr. Anita Moncrease’s The Legacy of Black Medical Schools and Departments (1868-1968), will educate its participants about the importance of staying in school and continuing with a pathway to college.
The event is part of Sigma Delta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity’s national program, which is called Go-to-High-School, Go-to-College.
The exhibit also highlights Detroit doctors:
- Joseph Ferguson, M.D., the first African American in Detroit to earn a medical degree in 1869
- Albert Henry Johnson, M.D., the third African-American graduate of the Detroit College of Medicine and one of the founders of the Dunbar Hospital, the first African-American non-profit hospital in Detroit (1893)
- Marjorie Peebles-Meyers, M.D., who graduated from Wayne University College of medicine, the school’s first African-American female graduate who went on to become the first African-American female resident and chief resident at Detroit Receiving Hospital (1943)
Dr. Anita Moncrease, who created the exhibit, will speak at the event alongside Dr. Rashid Faisal, members of the Sigma Delta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, Davenport University admissions representatives, students and faculty.
It takes place at 11 a.m. Feb. 24 at the Davenport University Warren Campus, which is located at 27500 Dequindre Road in Warren.
