Edith Irby Jones

Edith Irby Jones, who became the first black graduate from what was then called the University of Arkansas Medical School (now UAMS) in 1952.

Portrait elderly black woman seated smiling suit jacket and jewelry dancing figure brooch interior background

Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville

Media

Time Period

World War II through the Faubus Era (1941 - 1967)

Category

Civil Rights and Social Change / Race / World War II to Faubus Era

Type

Person

Race & Ethnicity

African American

Gender

Female

Related Entries

Older white man in tuxedo standing and smiling with group of white women in hallway Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame young black woman seated speaking gesturing Jones, Edith Irby Campus of multistory buildings and outbuildings with parking lots and surrounding neighborhoods as seen from above University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)