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Author Hill-Saya, Blake, author.

Title Aaron McDuffie Moore : an African American physician, educator, and founder of Durham's black Wall Street / Blake Hill-Saya ; with a foreword by U.S. Representative G.K. Butterfield and an afterword by C. Eileen Watts Welch
Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 258 pages)
Summary "Aaron McDuffie Moore (1863-1923) was born in rural Columbus County in eastern North Carolina at the close of the Civil War. Defying the odds stacked against an African American of this era, he pursued an education, alternating between work on the family farm and attending school. Moore originally dreamed of becoming an educator and attended notable teacher training schools in the state. But later, while at Shaw University, he followed another passion and entered Leonard Medical School. Dr. Moore graduated with honors in 1888 and became the first practicing African American physician in the city of Durham, North Carolina. He went on to establish the Durham Drug Company and the Durham Colored Library; spearhead and run Lincoln Hospital, the city's first secular, freestanding African American hospital; cofound North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company; help launch Rosenwald schools for African American children statewide; and foster the development of Durham's Hayti community. His legacy can still be seen on the city streets and country backroads today, and an examination of his life provides key insights into the history of Durham, the state, and the nation during Reconstruction and the beginning of the Jim Crow Era"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 17, 2020)
Subject Moore, A. M. (Aaron McDuffie), 1863-1923.
SUBJECT Moore, A. M. (Aaron McDuffie), 1863-1923
Moore, A. M. (Aaron McDuffie), 1863-1923 fast
Subject African American physicians -- North Carolina -- Durham -- Biography
African American businesspeople -- North Carolina -- Durham -- Biography
African American civic leaders -- North Carolina -- Durham -- Biography
Physicians.
African Americans.
Physicians
Black or African American
physicians.
African American.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Cultural Heritage.
Physicians
African Americans
African American businesspeople
African American civic leaders
African American physicians
SUBJECT Hayti (Durham, N.C.) -- History -- 20th century
North Carolina. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79007042
North Carolina
Subject North Carolina
North Carolina -- Durham
North Carolina -- Durham -- Hayti
Genre/Form Electronic books
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781469655871
146965587X
9781469655864
1469655861