Louis wright biography
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Louis T. Wright
American surgeon and civil rights activist (1891-1952)
Louis Tompkins Wright (July 23, 1891 – October 8, 1952)[1] was an American surgeon and civil rights activist.
Louis wright biography
In his position at Harlem Hospital he was the first African-American on the surgical staff of a non-segregated hospital in New York City. He was influential for his medical research as well as his efforts pushing for racial equality in medicine and involvement with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which he served as chairman for nearly two decades.[2][3]
Early life and family
Wright was born in LaGrange, Georgia.
His father, Ceah Ketchan Wright, was born enslaved but obtained formal education, finishing medical school as valedictorian but later giving up his medical practice to be a Methodist minister.[4][5] Ceah died shortly after Louis's birth and his mother, a sewing teacher named Lula Tompkins, remarried