Alexis Tavolaro, B.A., audiology student worker, and Krishani Harrinauth, B.S., administrative coordinator I, from the Office of Student Affairs of the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences celebrated the historic achievements from the black community in honor of Black History Month.
The event took place on Tuesday, February 21st at noon in the HPD cafeteria. The healthcare contributions of Rebecca Lee Crumpler, M.D.– First Black woman in the United States to receive a M.D., William Augustus Hinton, M.D., – American bacteriologist, pathologist, and educator, and James McCune Smith, MD– American physician, apothecary, abolitionist, and author, the first African American to earn a medical degree, and many more highly distinguished members of the black community were highlighted throughout the event.
“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” – Audre Lorde”