TY - JOUR
T1 - Discovering a Hidden Figure of Service and Leadership
T2 - The Reverend Charles Edgar Newsome, MD
AU - McDougle, Leon
AU - Hendricks, Leta
AU - Capers, Quinn
AU - Drake, Simone C.
AU - Herschthal, Eric B.
N1 - Funding Information:
Kristin Rodgers, MLIS Collections Curator, The Ohio State University. Health Sciences Library Medical Heritage Center, Columbus, OH, USA. Kristin.rodgers@osumc.edu jhsl.osu.edu. Dexter Williams Family Tree Compiler: Kathryn Rhinehart Bassett, Pasadena, CA. kathryn@bassett.net.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 National Medical Association
PY - 2020/2
Y1 - 2020/2
N2 - Collaborative research between the University School of Medicine Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Health Sciences Library and Department of African and African American Studies recently identified Dr. Charles Edgar Newsome as the institution's first African American physician graduate in 1893. Born May 25, 1856 in the town of Buffalo within Putnam County of Northwest Virginia, he served for 3 years and 6 months as a member of the Regimental Band of the United States Army 25th Infantry, also known as the Buffalo Soldiers, became Grand Master of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, and served communities of the state as a reverend, physician, and civic leader. Archival records and photographs uncover the remarkable life of Reverend Charles Edgar Newsome, MD, a hidden figure in history.
AB - Collaborative research between the University School of Medicine Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Health Sciences Library and Department of African and African American Studies recently identified Dr. Charles Edgar Newsome as the institution's first African American physician graduate in 1893. Born May 25, 1856 in the town of Buffalo within Putnam County of Northwest Virginia, he served for 3 years and 6 months as a member of the Regimental Band of the United States Army 25th Infantry, also known as the Buffalo Soldiers, became Grand Master of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, and served communities of the state as a reverend, physician, and civic leader. Archival records and photographs uncover the remarkable life of Reverend Charles Edgar Newsome, MD, a hidden figure in history.
KW - African American Physician
KW - African Methodist Episcopal Church
KW - Buffalo Soldier
KW - First
KW - Grand United Order of Odd Fellows
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jnma.2019.12.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jnma.2019.12.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 32037248
AN - SCOPUS:85079058765
SN - 0027-9684
VL - 112
SP - 24
EP - 27
JO - Journal of the National Medical Association
JF - Journal of the National Medical Association
IS - 1
ER -