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Remembering Dr. Andrew C. Jackson and the Tulsa Race Massacre
June 1, 2021 marked the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Dr. Jackson, a prominent Black physician, was murdered during the massacre.
Remembering the Saints of the Plague
By Laura Hartman ~ Today, as many Western Christian churches celebrate All Saints’ Day, it seems fitting to remember the saints in the historical collections
Remembering Elizabeth Fee, PhD, 1946-2018
Dr. Fee served most recently as NLM Senior Historian and previously as Chief of the NLM History of Medicine Division for over two decades. On October 17 Ted Brown, Professor of History and Medical Humanities at the University of Rochester, will offer a special public lecture in honor and memory of Dr. Fee.
Remembering Melvin R. Laird, 1922–2016
By Jeffrey Reznick The NLM’s History of Medicine Division mourns the passing of Melvin R. Laird, former Republican congressman from Wisconsin (1953–1969), Secretary of Defense
Remembering Levi Watkins Jr., 1944–2015
By Jill L. Newmark and Margaret A. Hutto In an operating room at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, February 1980, Dr. Levi Watkins Jr.,
Remembering Clyde Snow, 1928–2014
By Erika Mills and Elizabeth A. Mullen Poring over bones left in mass graves and clandestine burial sites, seeking answers that might shed light on