On June 24, 1964, Dr. Tom Levin held a meeting of doctors at his home in New York City.

On August 13, 1946, the Hill-Burton Act was signed into law by

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded on

Although the New England Hospital for Women and Children cared for Boston's Black community, many hospitals did not welcome Black patients or grant hospital privileges to Black physicians or train Black nurses. Plymouth Hospital was founded by Dr. Cornelius Garland, who received his medical degree from Leonard Medical College in Raleigh, NC. Garland began practicing in Boston in 1903 and maintained the Plymouth Hospital from 1908 until 1928.

After the Civil War, Harvard Medical School (HMS) began to accept Black students, although