Tag: Greta Blau

  • New recognition for first black U.S. doctor with medical degree American Medical News 2010-11-08 Kevin B. O’Reilly Dr. James McCune Smith’s descendants unveiled a new headstone in a ceremony to commemorate his achievements as a physician, essayist and abolitionist. The New York City burial site of the nation’s first black medical degree-holder received a new…

  • Bringing Black History Home CUNY Newswire The City University of New York 2011-04-15 Antoinette Martignoni, left, and her granddaughter Greta Blau hold a family Bible that contains the name of their ancestor, Dr. James McCune Smith, the nation’s first African American physician at Martignoni’s home in Fairfield, Conn., Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)…