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42622
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In 1914, African American doctor Dennis Branch moved to an Appalachian tobacco town in Tennessee. Despite being in the Jim Crow era, Dr. Branch was eventually accepted into society for his medical skill.
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Laurel of Asheville (NoCar F 264 A8 L28), Vol. 15 Issue 6, June 2018, p90
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16194
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In 1936, Dr. Milton Quigless, a young African American man, graduated from medical school and moved to Tarboro, a segregated town lacking a doctor for African American patients. He travelled around the county to treat patients until he was able to open the Quigless Clinic in 1947, an institution devoted to treating African Americans who were denied at 'white hospital'. The clinic operated until 1975 when Quigless was forced to close it due to building code violations.
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28461
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Dr. Constance Battle is an OB-GYN with a practice in North Raleigh. Battle built her own practice and sees 8,000 patients and delivers up to 30 babies a month. Many women seek Battle out because she is one of a few female OB-GYNs. Oftentimes, many women want female caregivers and Battle is happy to take care of them. Battleā€™s practice and her patients are described.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 20, May 1995, p8-9 Periodical Website