Robert F. Boyd

Robert Fulton Boyd (1855-1912) was an American physician and dentist who was the first president of the National Medical Association.[1] Boyd and other African-American physicians started the National Medical Association because, during the Jim Crow era, the southern medical societies, medical facilities, and medical schools were racially segregated by state laws.[1] He was born into slavery in Giles, Tennessee in July 1855,[2][3] and gained his medical degree in 1882 and dental degree in 1887.[4] In 1891, he gained a masters of arts degree.[5] He was appointed professor of gynecology and clinical medicine at Meharry Medical College in 1893.[5]

Robert F. Boyd's residence in Nashville, Tennessee
Robert Fulton Boyd, published in 1902

References
  1. Morrison, Sheena M.; Fee, Elizabeth (2010-04-01). "The Journal of the National Medical Association: A Voice for Civil Rights and Social Justice". American Journal of Public Health. 100 (Suppl 1): S70–S71. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2009.175042. ISSN 0090-0036. PMC 2837443. PMID 20147673.
  2. Culp, D.W. (1902). Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro. Naperville, Illinois: J.L. Nichols & Company. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  3. Haley, James T.; Washington, Booker T. (1895). Afro-American encyclopaedia, or, The thoughts, doings, and sayings of the race. Nashville, Tennessee: Haley & Florida. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  4. Jones, Carla N. (2012). African Americans of Giles County. Arcadia Pub. ISBN 9781439622537. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  5. Wynn, Linda T. "Robert Fulton Boyd (1855-1912)". ww2.tnstate.edu. Tennessee State University. Retrieved 18 February 2019.


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