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Old photograph of a bearded white man wearing a long coat and standing with one hand rested on his waist, another on the table.
John Van Surly DeGrasse. (Photo: Museum of African American History, Boston and Nantucket)

First Black doctor admitted to a professional medical association.

Date: 1854

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John Van Surly DeGrasse. (Photo: Museum of African American History, Boston and Nantucket)

John Van Surly DeGrasse is admitted to the Massachusetts Medical Society.