Sign In  |  Register  |  About Menlo Park  |  Contact Us

Menlo Park, CA
September 01, 2020 1:28pm
7-Day Forecast | Traffic
  • Search Hotels in Menlo Park

  • CHECK-IN:
  • CHECK-OUT:
  • ROOMS:

Black WW1 Doctors Visit Raleigh's Pope House Museum

By: PRLog
The Ebony Doughboys to Participate in the "Black Pioneers in Uniform" Program
RALEIGH, N.C. - April 26, 2017 - PRLog -- For years, the legacy of African American World War One servicemen has largely been unsung, least of all the stories of those doctors who volunteered to be medical officers. However, this is slowly changing. Black Pioneers in Uniform: Shaw University's Leonard Medical School & the Great War is a new living-history event hosted by the Pope House Museum to commemorate those Leonard graduates who became medical officers, including the community that nurtured them, and the life of Dr. Manassas Thomas Pope. Many of them were taught by Dr. Pope, who was himself a veteran of the Spanish-American War, Raleigh's first licensed African American physician and a bold civic leader who ran for mayor in 1919. Today his home, acquired by the City of Raleigh in 2011, stands anachronistically in the central business district, an artifact of the then-black residential Fourth Ward and testimony to his influence.

By the turn of the 20th century, only three Historically Black Colleges and Universities had medical programs: Meharry in Nashville; Howard in Washington, DC; and Leonard at Shaw University in Raleigh. Leonard Medical was the first, opening in 1880, yet due to rising costs closed in 1919. However during this period, it produced 400 physicians which included 13 of the 104 African American volunteer doctors of the First World War.

"This program is designed to connect a community with its own World War One legacy; we are honored to participate," said Art Collins, founder and president of the Ebony Doughboys, the only organization of living-historians educating the public on the impact of those African Americans serving in the Great War. "We are excited to have the unit support our event," said Ernest Dollar, manager of the Pope House Museum. "They bring knowledge, and dedication, to a story that is largely unknown."

The Pope House has sponsored several living history programs over the past years. "Trying to bring history to life is one of the most engaging and successful ways to teach history," Dollar added. Steven Jones, Director of Development for Ebony Doughboys, added, "There are relevant, local World War One human-interest stories around the country that have a bearing on our current times. What the leadership of the City of Raleigh Museum has done is create an opportunity for the public to interpret, interact and make connections in a new way."

Black Pioneers in Uniform is open to the public on 4/29 from 10 am to 5 pm. The Pope House Museum is located at 511 S. Wilmington Street. For further information, call: 919.996.2220 and contact Ernest Dollar or Troy Burton.

Contact
Steven W. Jones
***@ebonydoughboys.org

Photos: (Click photo to enlarge)

To Honor & Educate

Read Full Story - Black WW1 Doctors Visit Raleigh's Pope House Museum | More news from this source

Press release distribution by PRLog

Data & News supplied by www.cloudquote.io
Stock quotes supplied by Barchart
Quotes delayed at least 20 minutes.
By accessing this page, you agree to the following
Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.
 
 
Copyright © 2010-2020 MenloPark.com & California Media Partners, LLC. All rights reserved.