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![]() PHYSICIANS DIVIDED Dr. W. Montague Cobb, president of the National Medical Association in the 1960s. Courtesy of Howard University |
![]() Dr. W. Montague Cobb, left, in the 1960s, teaching anatomical comparison. Courtesy of Howard University |
![]() Albany High School junior Elmeisha Sturdivant, 16, says she would be more comfortable dealing with a black doctor. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union) |
![]() Union College professor Robert B. Baker is co-author of a recent study on racial discrimination in the medical profession. (Michael P. Farrell / Times Union) |
![]() Sabrina Permaul, left, with her children Nyaira, 4, and Nianna, 7, talks Thursday, July 10, about the AMA's apology for more than a century of discrimination against black doctors. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union) |