Dr. Joanne A. P. Wilson discusses the importance of recognizing history; her own background; parochial school; being an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; medical school at Duke; house staff training at the Peter Bent...
Dr. Jean Spaulding discusses her family background; growing up in Michigan; the diverse community in Michigan; coming to the South; negative and prejudiced treatment in the South as an African-American; the lack of recognition of the Vietnam War in...
Donna Allen Harris speaks about her background, primarily in Elizabeth City, North Carolina; the impetus for integrating the local high school being unknown to her; her being a part of the group that was going to integrate the local schools at various...
Dr. Wilhelm Delano Meriwether speaks about his educational background; coming to Duke University School of Medicine due to the influence of his father; other schools that were integrating their medical schools at the same time; integrating the wards at...
"Tea with Trailblazers" was held on February 9, 2007 in the History of Medicine room at the Duke University Medical Center Library. It featured Dr. Evelyn Wicker and Donna Allen Harris as the primary speakers. This event was planned and moderated by...
Ms. Robinson she discusses how she got into the physician assistant field and why she has stayed in it. She also explains the roles and responsibilities of the physician assistant in today's hospitals and how she operates here at Duke. In this context,...
"Tea with Trailblazers" was held on February 7, 2008 at the Duke University Medical Center Library. It featured Dr. Brenda Armstrong, Dr. Joanne AP Wilson, and Dr. Thelma Brown as the primary speakers. This event was planned and moderated by members of...
"Tea with Trailblazers" was held on February 3, 2010 at the Duke University Medical Center Library. It featured MaryAnn Black as the primary speaker. This event was planned and moderated by members of the Duke Medical Center Library and Archives. It...
Ms. Nichols speaks about growing up in rural North Carolina; her family structure; her aunt as a matriarch; her marriage and move to Durham; her husband's desertion of new family; her financial situation; public housing; Operation Breakthrough; her...
This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Eddie L. Hoover on June 25, 2019 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.
During the interview, Hoover discusses his early life; education; how he joined the medical...