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Karen Jordan
Karen Jordan is a reporter based in Los Angeles. She is the author of a forthcoming book about her great-grandfather, one of the first African American doctors in Georgia.
Courtesy of Karen Jordan
The Struggle and Triumph of America's First Black Doctors
African American physicians have dealt with distrust and misperceptions for more than a century.
Karen Jordan
December 9, 2016