Former HHS chief Sullivan to discuss significance of black medical schools
Louis W. Sullivan, the former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary and a founder of the Morehouse School of Medicine, will sign copies of his book, “The Morehouse Mystique,” next Tuesday on campus.
Sullivan will discuss MSM in the context of the history of medical education for blacks.
His book includes excerpts from personal interviews with prominent black doctors, as well as with former presidents Jimmy Carter and George H. W. Bush who share how politics shaped the development of black medical schools.
Sullivan will speak at 7:30 p.m. in the Louis W. Sullivan National Center for Primary Care, 720 Westview Dr.
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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.
