Martin Delany
Martin Robison Delany (May 6, 1812 – January 24, 1885) was an African-American abolitionist, journalist, physician, and writer, arguably the first proponent of American black nationalism. He was one of the first three blacks admitted to Harvard Medical School. He became the first African-American field officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War. Trained as an assistant and a physician, he treated patients during the cholera epidemics of 1833 and 1854 in Pittsburgh, when many doctors and residents fled the city.
Read more about Martin Delany: Early Life and Education, Marriage and Family, Pittsburgh, Medicine and Nationalism, Travels Overseas, The Army, Later Life, Legacy and Honors, Writings, Works
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