David Jones Peck: First Black Man To Graduate From An American Medical School

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David Jones Peck: First Black Man To Graduate From An American Medical School

David Jones Peck was the first black man to graduate from an American medical school. He was born to John C. and Sarah Peck in Carlisle, Pennsylvania around 1826. John Peck was a prominent abolitionist and minister who founded the local African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Carlisle. Peck was also a barber and wigmaker. […]

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