On this day in 1895, the National Medical Association was founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
Black physicians created the organization in response to their exclusion from the American Medical Association. It became a national institution dedicated to advancing Black physicians, medical education, and the health of Black Americans.
"If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."
―Martin Luther King Jr