Introducing Dr. George Cleveland Hall

Introducing Dr. George Cleveland Hall

This is Dr. George Cleveland Hall. I'm sure you all are wondering why have I decided to start this blog and this society in the name of Dr. George Cleveland Hall. Well, to really understand my reasoning for doing this you have to learn about Dr. George Cleveland Hall. Dr. Hall was born February 22, 1864 in Ypsilanti, Michigan. He studied at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania and completed his medical training at Bennett College in Chicago, IL.

• I just want to pause right here to reiterate that Dr. Hall has completed his undergraduate training and become a physician (a successful one a that) in the early 1900's as a Black American. Which is amazing!

Dr. Hall continued on to become one of the most noted physicians in Chicago as the Chief Physician at Provident Hospital. In his tenure he started programs that start post-medical training for physicians, more specifically African American/Black American physicians. These doctors endure a great deal of discrimination during this time and were denied acceptance to many programs that were set up to training new physicians. Identifying this problem, Dr. Hall played an instrumental role in training Black American physicians during the early 1900's.

• Pretty cool, huh?

Now that I have given you very brief background of this extraordinary individual we can now grasp the reason why I have created the George Cleveland Hall Society.