Dr. Edith Irby Jones Plaque

Engraved plaque commemorating Dr. Edith Irby Jones, the first Black graduate of the University of Arkansas Medical School (now UAMS), located at the Arkansas Walk of Fame in Hot Springs (Garland County); 2025.

Terrazzo plaque engravings of Arkansas shape symbol engraved and text "Dr. Edith Irby Jones Medical Pioneer First African American admitted to white medical school in the south first woman president of National Medical Association"

Courtesy of Nancy Hendricks

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Terrazzo plaque engravings of Arkansas shape symbol engraved and text "Dr. Edith Irby Jones Medical Pioneer First African American admitted to white medical school in the south first woman president of National Medical Association" Arkansas Walk of Fame young black woman seated speaking gesturing Jones, Edith Irby