Several resources are available to those interested in learning more about the history of African Americans in medicine and surgery in particular:
“Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons”; exhibit developed by the National Library of Medicine and the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture” (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/aframsurgeons/)
Organ, Claude, A Century of Black Surgeons: The USA Experience. Norman, OK: Transcript Press, 1987.
Leffall, LaSalle D., No Boundaries: A Cancer Surgeon’s Odyssey. Washington DC: Howard University Press, 2005.
O’Shea, JS., “Louis T. Wright and Henry W. Cave: How they paved the way for fellowships for black surgeons.” Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons 2005; 90(10):22-29.
Stain, SC, “Presidential Address: Dr. Organ, how are we doing”, American Journal of Surgery 2009; 197:137-41.
ACS Centennial textbook, pages 34-41, by Dr. L.D. Britt “Setting the Course and Establishing Alliances: Fellows of the American College of Surgeons with an African American Heritage”
