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How the story of Remus Robinson relates to current racial disparities in healthcare


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This month Morning Edition on Michigan Radio is marking Black History Month by looking at the contributions of Black Michiganders to the fields of science and medicine. Dr. Remus Robinson was a Black physician in Detroit at a time when hospitals and medical schools were segregated. Morning Edition host Doug Tribou talked to Bryce Huffman, who wrote about Robinson for Bridge Detroit.
Dr. Remus Robinson was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1904. He first came to Detroit as a teen before getting his medical degree from the University of Michigan in 1930. 
Dr. Remus Robinson, who is pictured here standing in his home, was among the first Black doctors in the city to have admitting privileges at a white hospital. Robinson also served as the chief surgeon at Parkside Hospital, one Detroit’s former Black hospitals. ....

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