Joycelyn Elders

Joycelyn Elders, teaching as chief resident at the University of Arkansas Medical School (UAMS) in Little Rock (Pulaski County); circa 1962.

Five white men white coats ties beside listen to black woman doctor holding baby

Courtesy of Dr. Joycelyn Elders

Media

Time Period

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

Category

Medical Education / Medicine / Science and Medicine

Type

Person

Race & Ethnicity

African American

Gender

Female

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