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[DC R1D3R]

Good thread, for a second there I thought they were gonna cancel BHM because of Empire.

what kinda fuckin world we living in?

what gives them the right to rule over us??

 

[akira28]

Bass Reeves

now this is a movie that needs to get made.

 

[Dereck]

Good thread DreamyDrop, hopefully this is appropriate, the timing is apt.

http://youtu.be/xtj57Vg80SQ

 

[Black Republican]

Good thread DreamyDrop, hopefully this is appropriate, the timing is apt.


http://youtu.be/xtj57Vg80SQ

Hollywood........do your research :/

 

[Slayven]

The guy who invented the Super Soaker was black.

 

[Dereck]

The guy who invented the Super Soaker was black.

Johnson attended an all-black high school "Little B. High School". He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from Tuskegee University. After college, Johnson joined the U.S. Air Force, where he helped develop the stealth bomber program. Later, he worked at NASA on Galileo's mission to Jupiter. More recently, he teamed up with scientists from Tulane University and Tuskegee University to develop a method of transforming heat into electricity with the goal of making green energy more affordable

 

[J10]

Bass Reeves

http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/R/RE020.html

Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves, born as a slave in Arkansas Territory, grew up in Lamar and Grayson counties, Texas, where he belonged to Col. George R. Reeves, later to become the speaker of the house in the Texas legislature. As a young man Reeves escaped north into the Indian Territory, where he became acquainted with the Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole Indians. It is believed he served as a soldier with the Union Indian Home Guard Regiments during the Civil War. After the war Reeves settled down in Van Buren, Arkansas, as a farmer. On occasion he would serve as a guide for deputy U.S. marshals who worked out of the federal court at Fort Smith, Arkansas, into the Indian Territory. Reeves had once boasted that he knew Indian Territory "like a cook knows her kitchen" and, as a result of his skills and his knowledge of the territory, he was able to make substantial money as a scout and tracker for peace officers. In 1875, when Judge Isaac C. Parker took over the Fort Smith federal court, Parker commissioned Reeves as a deputy U.S. marshal. He is believed to be one of the earliest African Americans to receive a commission as a deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi River.​

 

[JeanGrey]

Aren't Bi-racial children beautiful.

 

[Ovid]

Good thread DreamyDrop, hopefully this is appropriate, the timing is apt.

http://youtu.be/xtj57Vg80SQ

She passes for white so her darker skin comes off as a tan.

Lol, wow.

Thanks for sharing.

Also, why wasn't Tupac mentioned in the article?

 

[karasu]

If you're black and into classical music, swords, and such you're not alone.

Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (French: [sɛ̃.ʒɔʁʒ]; also Saint-George; December 25, 1745 – June 10, 1799)[1] was a champion fencer, a virtuoso violinist and conductor of the leading symphony orchestra in Paris. Born in Guadeloupe, he was the son of George Bologne de Saint-Georges, a wealthy planter, and Nanon, his African slave.[2] During the French Revolution, Saint-Georges was colonel of the 'Légion St.-Georges,'[3] the first all-black regiment in Europe, fighting on the side of the Republic. Today the Chevalier de Saint-Georges is best remembered as the first classical composer of African ancestry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevalier_de_Saint-Georges

 

[Mesousa]

Aren't Bi-racial children beautiful.

Cant speak on mulatto children per say, but women like Rashida(and her sister) who have that certain "Look" are certainly aesthetically pleasing to look at. Troian Bellisario is another example. Thats a bad sister right there.

It has a lot more than just being biracial going with it. A lot of mulatto people I have come across down here look like overgrown cabbage patch kids. It all comes down to the mix of their physical features.

 

[Malyse]

Cant speak on mulatto children per say, but women like Rashida(and her sister) who have that certain "Look" are certainly aesthetically pleasing to look at. Troian Bellisario is another example. Thats a bad sister right there.

It has a lot more than just being biracial going with it. A lot of mulatto people I have come across down here look like overgrown cabbage patch kids. It all comes down to the mix of soft and harder features.

Spoiler

troian bellisario is the second most beautiful thing on this planet, behind aishwarya rai

 

[GoldenEye 007]

One that always gets me:

Forced integration of Little Rock Central High School by the 101st Airborne.

 

[Africanus]

If you're black and into classical music, swords, and such you're not alone.



Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (French: [sɛ̃.ʒɔʁʒ]; also Saint-George; December 25, 1745 – June 10, 1799)[1] was a champion fencer, a virtuoso violinist and conductor of the leading symphony orchestra in Paris. Born in Guadeloupe, he was the son of George Bologne de Saint-Georges, a wealthy planter, and Nanon, his African slave.[2] During the French Revolution, Saint-Georges was colonel of the 'Légion St.-Georges,'[3] the first all-black regiment in Europe, fighting on the side of the Republic. Today the Chevalier de Saint-Georges is best remembered as the first classical composer of African ancestry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevalier_de_Saint-Georges

Seems to be of my sort. A well rounded individual too!

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Good thread DreamyDrop, hopefully this is appropriate, the timing is apt.

http://youtu.be/xtj57Vg80SQ

And he thought she was joking. "Me too"

The ignorance.

 

[Ovid]

Cant speak on mulatto children per say, but women like Rashida(and her sister) who have that certain "Look" are certainly aesthetically pleasing to look at. Troian Bellisario is another example. Thats a bad sister right there.

It has a lot more than just being biracial going with it. A lot of mulatto people I have come across down here look like overgrown cabbage patch kids. It all comes down to the mix of soft and harder features.

Never heard of her.

I would've never guessed that she was of mixed ancestry.

 

[User 73706]

If you're black and into classical music, swords, and such you're not alone.



Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (French: [sɛ̃.ʒɔʁʒ]; also Saint-George; December 25, 1745 – June 10, 1799)[1] was a champion fencer, a virtuoso violinist and conductor of the leading symphony orchestra in Paris. Born in Guadeloupe, he was the son of George Bologne de Saint-Georges, a wealthy planter, and Nanon, his African slave.[2] During the French Revolution, Saint-Georges was colonel of the 'Légion St.-Georges,'[3] the first all-black regiment in Europe, fighting on the side of the Republic. Today the Chevalier de Saint-Georges is best remembered as the first classical composer of African ancestry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevalier_de_Saint-Georges

minus the whole slaveowner thing, this dude is a boss

 

[theignoramus]

Rashida putting Tupac on blast at age 17. I wish Id written that succinctly at that age, I probably would have got into a better school.

*For reference, Tupac said (about Quincy Jones) "All he does is stick his dick in white bitches and make fucked up kids."

The irony of this story is obvious:dude got engaged to Kidada.

 

[Kimaka]

If you're black and into classical music, swords, and such you're not alone.



Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (French: [sɛ̃.ʒɔʁʒ]; also Saint-George; December 25, 1745 – June 10, 1799)[1] was a champion fencer, a virtuoso violinist and conductor of the leading symphony orchestra in Paris. Born in Guadeloupe, he was the son of George Bologne de Saint-Georges, a wealthy planter, and Nanon, his African slave.[2] During the French Revolution, Saint-Georges was colonel of the 'Légion St.-Georges,'[3] the first all-black regiment in Europe, fighting on the side of the Republic. Today the Chevalier de Saint-Georges is best remembered as the first classical composer of African ancestry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevalier_de_Saint-Georges

Fantastic. Love hearing about black people pre Civil War days.

 

[Htown]

Bass Reeves

Made a thread about this dude before. What a badass.

I also once did an essay on Percy Lavon Julian. A black chemist who went through a lot of hardships just to get an education.

NOVA: Forgotten Genius
Drunk History - Percy Julian's Rise to Prominence

 

[Angelus Errare]

"Softer and harder features" always rub me the wrong way. Since it's almost always insinutating that black features are "hard" and read as: ugly, unwanted, unsightly, hideous while white features are "soft" and read as: desireable, wanted, the standard. That and it feels to me like it's trying hard to place both groups in this "you all look alike, have the exact same features" category despite time and time again evidence actually showing that African-American/African descent are the most genetically diverse groups of people.

Just me though, carry on. Happy BHM.

/shrug

 

[Rei no Otaku]

Cant speak on mulatto children per say, but women like Rashida(and her sister) who have that certain "Look" are certainly aesthetically pleasing to look at. Troian Bellisario is another example. Thats a bad sister right there.

It has a lot more than just being biracial going with it. A lot of mulatto people I have come across down here look like overgrown cabbage patch kids. It all comes down to the mix of soft and harder features.

Just a FYI, speaking as someone who is bi-racial, the term mulatto is offensive. Much like the term "colored."

 

[User 73706]

"Softer and harder features" always rub me the wrong way. Since it's almost always insinutating that black features are "hard" and read as: ugly, unwanted, unsightly, hideous while white features are "soft" and read as: desireable, wanted, the standard. That and it feels to me like it's trying hard to place both groups in this "you all look alike, have the exact same features" category despite time and time again evidence actually showing that African-American/African descent are the most genetically diverse groups of people.

Just me though, carry on. Happy BHM.

/shrug

Yeah, no disagreement there. Even as a synesthetic, making distinctions between "soft" and "hard" features like that just seems like a "separate but equal" thing.

 

[Ovid]

Rashida putting Tupac on blast at age 17. I wish Id written that succinctly at that age, I probably would have got into a better school.

*For reference, Tupac said (about Quincy Jones) "All he does is stick his dick in white bitches and make fucked up kids."

The irony of this story is obvious:dude got engaged to Kidada.

I remember it being sort of a big deal that's why I was surprised it wasn't mentioned in the article.

 

[Desi]

"Softer and harder features" always rub me the wrong way.
Just me though, carry on. Happy BHM.

/shrug

I didn't take it that way. but you do you.

 

[Mesousa]

"Softer and harder features" always rub me the wrong way. Since it's almost always insinutating that black features are "hard" and read as: ugly, unwanted, unsightly, hideous while white features are "soft" and read as: desireable, wanted, the standard. That and it feels to me like it's trying hard to place both groups in this "you all look alike, have the exact same features" category despite time and time again evidence actually showing that African-American/African descent are the most genetically diverse groups of people.

Just me though, carry on. Happy BHM.

/shrug

Good looking out that was an ignorant word for me to use when describing Bantu features. I'll edit that post.

Just a FYI, speaking as someone who is bi-racial, the term mulatto is offensive. Much like the term "colored."

What is offensive about the term mulatto?

 

[J10]

Mulatto's outdated and unspecific. Look up the etymology if you really wanna know.

 

[RP912]

The guy who invented the Super Soaker was black.

o_o dude that just blew my mind. I didn't even know that.

 

[Mesousa]

Mulatto's outdated and unspecific.

Wouldnt it be more specific, as in simply meaning a person with a Caucasian and African American parent? I think just saying bi-racial would not be as specific. Hell, there isn't an African American(non-immigrant) around who isn't bi-racial in some form or another.

 

[J10]

Wouldnt it be more specific, as in simply meaning a person with a Caucasian and African American parent? I think just saying bi-racial would not be as specific. Hell, there isn't an African American(non-immigrant) around who isn't bi-racial in some form or another.

No, it's not.

 

[User 73706]

I think bi-racial or black-white mixed would suffice. I usually use the one-drop rule for racial terminology that specific: if someone of that particular nationality is offended by it, don't use it.

 

[Mesousa]

I think bi-racial or black-white mixed would suffice. I usually use the one-drop rule for racial terminology that specific: if someone of that particular nationality is offended by it, don't use it.

I see.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

From the wrestling perspective, if anyone's ever heard of New Jack, you may have missed how GOOD he was on the microphone.

This is his finest moment. Worth watching, friends. 3:20 is when it really heats up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KW5kj_6jSU

"I got a college education and a criminal record. So I know how to make decisions."

 

[hidys]

I wish we had something like this in Australia for Aboriginal people.

 

[Mesousa]

I wish we had something like this in Australia for Aboriginal people.

You should start one bro. All it takes is one person wishing to bring information to the masses, and more join. Which group are you a part of?

 

[thequickandthedead]

You mean the one where he asks "Where's White History Month?" and he says the best way to end racism is to "Stop talking about it." He said Black History is American History - that's missing the bigger picture. It's pure foolishness. Whites make up the majority of the population and control most of the wealth and government - they've clearly dominated history. Every month is white history month, including this one. Blacks on the other hand come from people who were stripped of their own culture and forced to adopt another after being treated like cattle. Black people made noise when they wanted slavery ended. The civil rights movement wasn't the result of everyone quietly waiting around for white people to stop being crazy - blacks had to continue to make noise and fight for it and are still fighting for it. Now, black people have to make noise to have their historical achievements recognized. If merely asking to be acknowledged for the good we do makes some people uncomfortable, they are free to construct a bubble for themselves in which they can ignore reality, but they're not free to drag everybody else into that bubble with them.

Fair enough, that does make sense. Although do you think he makes a valid point when he says: "Why should my history be relegated to a month?" ?

 

[J10]

Fair enough, that does make sense. Although do you think he makes a valid point when he says: "Why should my history be relegated to a month?" ?

It's not relegated to a month. Anyone can read about it all year around. Just like you can celebrate Martin Luther King and Abe Lincoln and Jesus Christ all year round - not just on their birthdays. That doesn't diminish the importance of having their birthdays on the calendar to begin with.

 

[Kreed]

Fair enough, that does make sense. Although do you think he makes a valid point when he says: "Why should my history be relegated to a month?" ?

Morgan Freeman is being dishonest with himself and the situation in the US with black people. He's "saying the right thing" with no acknowledgement of the actual situation. Like when people say we didn't/don't need laws like affirmative action and we should just trust employers and colleges to pick the right people. And while that's a "nice/idealistic" thing to say, we know in the US that there are people in charge of these businesses and institutions who will not do that and will discriminate at colleges/in the work place based on skin color and who they feel comfortable around.

 

[Malyse]

It's not relegated to a month. Anyone can read about it all year around. Just like you can celebrate Martin Luther King and Abe Lincoln and Jesus Christ all year round - not just on their birthdays. That doesn't diminish the importance of having their birthdays on the calendar to begin with.

Let's not pretend that Black History would have attention paid to it if it wasn't forced. I mean, there's proof that the government assassinated MLK, but no one talks about that. And Jimmy Lee Jackson was died in the hospital and it wasn't from his gunshot wounds. The true history of America is hidden as all hell. And if that ain't enough, you also got people actively trying to dimished black accomplishments.

 

[dripdripsplash]

Subbed, thanks for the thread and the links OP!

 

[J10]

Let's not pretend that Black History would have attention paid to it if it wasn't forced. I mean, there's proof that the government assassinated MLK, but no one talks about that. And Jimmy Lee Jackson was died in the hospital and it wasn't from his gunshot wounds. The true history of America is hidden as all hell. And if that ain't enough, you also got people actively trying to dimished black accomplishments.

Agreed. That's the importance I was referring to.

 

[RP912]

Guess I'll contribute to this thread.

Viro Small

Viro Small is one of the earliest black pro wrestlers on record - perhaps the very first, although that would be impossible to prove.

Because it was so long ago, some of the facts on Viro Small conflict. Most reliable information says that he was born into slavery in Buford, South Carolina, in 1854. It is believed Small made his debut in 1870 at the age of 16. It is also known that in April of1881, he wrestled a collar and elbow match in New York against Mike Horogan as a substitute for another wrestler. He reportedly lost the match, but so impressed Horogan that the man began training Viro Small soon afterward. Many sources point to that 1881 match as Small's debut, despite the information that he debuted in 1870. A possible explanation for this conflict is that Viro Small was both a collar and elbow wrestler and a boxer, so he might have boxed primarily until the 1880s. Again, many sources have his wrestling debut in 1870, so where the exact truth lies is debatable.

But in 1881, Small's wrestling career definitely took off. He wrestled out of St. Albans and Rutland, Vermont, under the name "Black Sam." He won the Vermont Collar and Elbow Championship twice, becoming perhaps the first black pro wrestling champion in the United States.

Small also traveled on the county fair circuit in New England with Horogan and challenged members of the audience to keep up with him for a set time limit in a wrestling match. He wrestled a great deal in New York City, in some of the roughest areas of town. He trained by hauling sauerkraut and beer barrels around the city. His frequent opponents in New York included Captain James C. Daley, Harry Woodson, Joe Ryan, and Billy McCallum, who was so enraged by his match against Small on September 3, 1882, that he shot Small in the neck as he slept later that night. Small survived the gunshot wound.

Small wrestled in New York at a tavern called Bastille of the Bowery, owned by former boxer Owney Geoghegan. The bar contained two rings for boxing and wrestling contests, and was notorious for crooked management, rowdy patrons and an overall seedy atmosphere. Geoghegan reportedly won a decision over an opponent in the Bowery by having his henchmen aim a gun at the referee's head post-fight. It was at this bar where Small's match with McCallum ended in a no-contest after a major conflict broke out between the two, causing McCallum to attempt to murder Small later that evening.

 

[rexor0717]

I'm already liking this thread for highlighting some interesting people I never knew about.

Spoiler

Also, goddamn Rashida and Kidada Jones are hot.

Cant speak on mulatto children per say, but women like Rashida(and her sister) who have that certain "Look" are certainly aesthetically pleasing to look at. Troian Bellisario is another example. Thats a bad sister right there.

It has a lot more than just being biracial going with it. A lot of mulatto people I have come across down here look like overgrown cabbage patch kids. It all comes down to the mix of their physical features.

I'm biracial, and even though that's fucked up, I still chuckled.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Guess I'll contribute to this thread.

Viro Small

Very interesting - thanks for sharing that.

 

[Mr. Patch]

Seneca Village

Seneca Village was a small village in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, founded by free black people.[1] Seneca Village existed from 1825 through 1857, when it was torn down for the construction of Central Park.

As the campaign to create Central Park moved forward park advocates and the media began to describe Seneca Village and other communities in this area as "shantytowns" and the residents there as "squatters". The village was razed for park construction. Residents were offered $2,335 for their property.[3] Members of the community fought to retain their land.[10] For two years, residents resisted the police as they petitioned the courts to save their homes, churches, and schools. Some villagers were violently evicted in 1855.[3] However, in the summer of 1856, Mayor Fernando Wood prevailed and residents of Seneca Village were given final notice. In 1857, the city government acquired all private property within Seneca Village through eminent domain. On October 1, 1857, city officials in New York reported that the last holdouts living on land that was to become Central Park had been removed.[11]

We all should take some time to research eminent domain and its use on black communities throughout history. Everything I've seen has been some shit...

 

[TacticalFox88]

It still blows my mind that there are people alive who still VIVIDLY remember the Civil Rights Era.

"Slavery was so long ago, get over it!" phrases get me heated when barely less than two generations ago we were still in slavery by another name.

 

[RP912]

Very interesting - thanks for sharing that.

No probs.

Another contribution....according to Lou Thez, this man was "the best African American wrestler ever".

Luther Lindsey

LUTHER LINDSEY

No less an authority than the legendary Lou Thesz has proclaimed the greatness of Luther Lindsey (born Luther Jacob Goodall). In his book Hooker (available on Amazon.com), Lou says the following:

"[Lindsey was] without question, the best black wrestler ever. Luther had a fantastic body and limitless energy to compliment his skill. Like many other industries, wrestling was not open to African-American wrestlers during his career, so it was an amazing accomplishment for Luther to even learn his craft. His place in history is not because he was black; it is in spite of the fact he was black."

Just like countless black baseball players of his era, Lindsey was relegated to wrestling black opponents, and competing for "Negro" championship titles in many areas. Lindsey once claimed to have known Shag Thomas better than any other competitor, because in many territories, the two men had to wrestle each other because they were both black.

But in the territories where Lindsey was allowed to compete on the same level as the main event white wrestlers - such as Stampede in Calgary, Hawaii, or the Pacific Northwest - he fast became a major star. Lindsey wrestled Thesz to time limit draws for the world championship many times.

Lindsey was a four-time Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Champion between 1961 and 1969, and held the tag team titles on eight different occasions - four with Shag Thomas, and once each with George Dussette, Bing Ki Lee, Herb Freeman and Pepper Martin. Lindsey also counts the Hawaiian Heavyweight and Tag Team Championship (with Bobby Bruns) among his prizes. On a tour of Japan in 1962, he scored the All Asia Tag Team Titles (with Ricky Waldo) with a win over Rikidozan and Toyonobori in Tokyo. Besides Thesz, Lindsey's many opponents included fellow legends "Iron" Mike DiBiase, Bronko Nagurski, Kurt Von Poppenheim, Buddy Colt and Mad Dog Vachon.

Stu Hart shared Lou Thesz' high opinion of Lindsey, who was one of the first black superstars for Hart's Stampede. In 1967, a match between Luther Lindsey and future WWF Champion Stan Stasiak (with boxing great "Jersey" Joe Wolcott as special referee) drew the largest wrestling crowd in Calgary's history up to that point.

Tragically, Luther Lindsey died after a match on February 21, 1972, due to heart failure. He was 48.

 

[Africanus]

It still blows my mind that there are people alive who still VIVIDLY remember the Civil Rights Era.

"Slavery was so long ago, get over it!" phrases get me heated when barely less than two generations ago we were still in slavery by another name.

That's how it goes. As soon as everyone who ever lived in the 1960s is dead, the lessons taught shall be forgotten. Such is the tragic way of life.

I haven't done much research admittedly into MLK's assassination, so might I see evidence that the government was responsible for his shooting?

 

[Malyse]

Seneca Village






We all should take some time to research eminent domain and its use on black communities throughout history. Everything I've seen has been some shit...

Black Wall Street too.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Good thread.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/partners/early/e_pioneers_drew.html

Charles Richard Drew was a physician, researcher, and surgeon who revolutionized our understanding of blood plasma. During World War II alone, his work allowed blood storage for transfusions that saved many thousands of lives. Drew was born the eldest of five children on June 3, 1904, in Washington, D.C. His father was a carpet installer and his mother was a schoolteacher. Drew, an excellent student and athlete, graduated from Washington's Dunbar High School in 1972. After graduating from Amherst College in 1926, he applied to medical school but, like Vivien Thomas, could not afford the tuition. He taught science at a black college in Baltimore for several years and saved his earnings. In 1929, he started medical school at McGill University in Canada.

Drew's research on blood transfusions followed the discovery that human blood could be categorized into four main types (A, B, AB, O). Drew received his medical degree and Master of Surgery degree at McGill, and completed his residency at Montreal General Hospital. He returned to Washington, D.C. to help care for his family after his father died, and he began teaching at Howard University's medical school. In 1938, he accepted a fellowship to continue his blood research at Columbia University. There, Drew developed a method for processing and storing blood plasma that allowed it to be dehydrated, shipped great distances, and then reconstituted just before transfusions. This was a great breakthrough. Before then, unprocessed blood was very perishable and would become unusable after about a week.

Early in World War II, Drew received an urgent cable from his former professor, Dr. John Beattie, then in Britain. The cable asked Drew to send 5,000 ampules of dried plasma to Britain for wartime transfusions. "Work immediately and follow this by equal quantity in three to four weeks," the cable said. It was a shocking request: there was not that much plasma in the whole world. But Drew took the challenge. By September 1940, he led the "Blood for Britain" project as Nazi Germany's air assault on Britain reached its height.

When "Blood for Britain" succeeded, Drew became director for the blood bank of the American Red Cross. He organized the largest blood drive ever, involving 100,000 donors, for the U.S. Army, and Navy. Drew was infuriated when the military ordered the Red Cross to label the blood with each donor's race and to refuse African American donors. Despite his protests that the policy was unscientific and insulting, the government continued to segregate blood banks. He resigned.

Drew resumed teaching at Howard and became chief surgeon at Freedmen's Hospital. In 1943, he became the first black surgeon to be an examiner for the American Board of Surgery. He inspired his students and received many awards and honorary degrees. Later, he was elected to the International College of Surgeons, and traveled through post-war Europe to assess hospitals as and advisor to the U.S. Surgeon General. He died in a car accident in March 1950, while driving to a medical meeting at the Tuskegee Institute.

Drew left a legacy of life-saving techniques and teaching. Many of his students also went on to become nationally prominent physicians

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