The first black doctor in US whose family passed as white. | Dr. James McCune Smith

[@rosiefelder6542]

Never heard of him and I'm 73 years old ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤thank you❤

[@blackhistory767]

Glad you found us!

[@dorothybrown8859]

Rosie, there is much Black history we have not heard of, and only find out if we seek it. I grew up in the Jim Crow South, and at 79 am still seeking and learning, because it wasn't taught in school. We must take the initiative to learn the truth, Black and white

[@Adl...Choyce-EL]

Thanks, our children need this information institutional and culturally involved with them.

[@blackhistory767]

Absolutely, thank you for watching!

[@mariebenovil3540]

😮😮😮 Wow! This is the first time I heard about this gentleman.

[@carmenhomer1965]

There is a book called Black Gotham by Carla Peterson and it talks about him

[@wandasantillo1220]

This should be taught in school.

[@blackhistory767]

I agree!

[@JohnnyWalker-kq7ds]

☝️ Remember, they don't want black history taught in school. If so, it shall cast shade on their lies‼️👌

[@dorothybrown8859]

​@@blackhistory767It should be taught in the home! We cannot count on the schools to teach true Black History.

[@Mimi-ht6xr]

I don’t know about these people but in my family it wasn’t a “proximity to whiteness” or being near a white person, it was the fact that their white fathers acknowledged them and took care of them by getting them educated or trained in a profession. It’s one of the reasons many mixed race people were middle class and educated. That’s still happening today. 🎉🎉

[@LibraVibesSnice80]

💯💯💯 absolutely agree

[@wowzers6178]

what about the MAJORITY of white fathers who DIDN'T acknowledge them or took care of them by getting them educated or trained in a profession? and the ones that did were taking advantage of their "white privilege" because a Black man could not get an education nor his children and it was against the law to even employ a Black man so he could get a job. So no profession to pass to his children.

[@Queen_Amenarina]

We Also have an African American Doctor who performed the first Successful Open Heart Surgery in the U.S., Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, also he & his Colleagues Opened Their Own Hospital meant to serve Black People when other hospitals would not that was Providence Hospital in Chicago.

[@blackhistory767]

Yes. That story coming soon! Thanks so much for watching!

[@Imissyoulou]

and TODAY, the hospital, leaves a lot to be desired. Sad.

[@Mochadee2003]

Omg I’ve never heard of this doctor. Btw I ❤ your voice your enthusiasm is infectious.

[@blackhistory767]

Yayyy! Thank you for watching!

[@me21464]

We grew up knowing about Charles Drew as the first black doctor!

[@blackhistory767]

Too much of our history is hidden.

[@barbarascott9174]

I grew up knowing, correctly, he Dr. Drew was a pioneer in blood transfusing, storage of blood and the development of the blood bank.

[@jamellfoster6029]

I'm 46 years old & I've never heard of him. Thanks for your presentation.

[@blackhistory767]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@reginawilliams1398]

Great story.. Thank you

[@blackhistory767]

Thanks for listening

[@KarenWilliams-l9u]

An inspiring story, ❤ coincidentally a white man named flexner closed many black medical schools at turn century, he was on board directors at Howard university , felt black doctors not needed, and blacks would become too affluent, some of this man teachings still used in medical schools today, I came to realize it’s not we can’t , someone said we won’t 😊

[@blackhistory767]

Great information, thank you!

[@RuralmoneyOfficial]

They are still closing black hospitals. Learning our story reveals why.

[@orlandogastonchandleraziz9855]

Thank you for this information!❤

[@blackhistory767]

My pleasure! Thank you for watching!

[@anthonyclark7912]

We learn something everyday...thank you for finding another diamond in the rough❤

[@blackhistory767]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@thefiftyplusnetwork]

New subscribers here! Very informative! Thank you for enlightening our community. Brynn

[@blackhistory767]

Welcome Subbie! Thank you for supporting Black History!

[@marlonholt40]

I can't thank you enough for this.

[@blackhistory767]

My pleasure! Thank you for watching!

[@jlowemd]

A big salute to Dr James McCune Smith. Having traveled the medical path like the Dr. and also being Black I fully understand.

[@blackhistory767]

Thank you for watching!

[@cassmckee7000]

Thank you very very much!

[@blackhistory767]

My pleasure!

[@glendabrown8674]

Thank you for letting us know about these wonderful people have a wonderful day

[@blackhistory767]

Thank you for watching!

[@tawanabrown3650]

I don't know why this came up in my feed, but I'm glad it did! I love history and more than anything, I love learning about our history! I'm subscribed!

[@blackhistory767]

Yayyyy! Welcome! I’m so glad you found me!

[@rosepeacock9530]

PHENOMENAL JOB

[@blackhistory767]

Thanks for watching!

[@joyanderson8646]

@7:34 I luv old apothecary bottles, packages, medical instruments!!!

[@BerdaByrd]

Thank you 4 this part of our historykeep up the good work I. Like all our history History was my favorite subjet in school

[@blackhistory767]

So glad you enjoyed!

[@Kathy-zx5bu]

I have a degree in history but, you teach me so much I didn’t know. It is so interesting and important to tell all history. Hopefully, we can learn from it. Thank you.

[@blackhistory767]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@exjolt]

Love this one👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@blackhistory767]

So glad you enjoyed!

[@JohnnyWalker-kq7ds]

☝️Not to forget the first African American man who's responsible for heart surgery being carried out 👊💯%

[@joyceprater4647]

Thank you, for this interesting message.

[@blackhistory767]

My pleasure!

[@tocool1590]

The Bible also has been whitewashed and the rest of his-story. My thoughts on the wife moving on to her white side reminds me of our current celebrities, NFL, NBA, players ect… the wealth goes back into their hands not our own. Thank you for sharing, however. ❤

[@blackhistory767]

Sad to see!

[@angelleigh9468]

Thank you, thank you thank you. I’d like to see a group of young African-American descendants, utilize your site to learn our history, and be aware of who we really are.

[@blackhistory767]

Thank you soooo much!!! I’m so glad you enjoyed!

[@sophialorencoffee9055]

Florence M Rice was my God Grandmother...She went to the Colored Orphan Assyrian . It was in Harlem...it's a restaurant and Aptment building now!

[@blackhistory767]

Thank you for sharing some of your black history!

[@kimberlyjackson3660]

Wasn't there a movie about this? Where the white neighbors found out, and were spreading the word that they were, "black as crows"? My dad told me about such a movie.

[@blackhistory767]

Interesting. Hadn’t heard of it.

[@rubychew6535]

Set your book up for Kindle. People look down on passing but many blacks did this because they wanted a humanistic life and to live comfortably. Being discriminated is very painful and emotionally draining.

[@RuralmoneyOfficial]

True. We all want that.

[@shewhomustbobeyed1]

Thank you! This story sounds similar to Sally Hemming’s family. Passing! Sad but I guess in order for her family to make it she chose that path. Ridiculous because despite it all the doctor who identified with being black was extremely successful. So go figure. Interesting information. Never heard of him. Another black person to add to my repertoire of very interesting successful black achievement. Love your channel ❤️

[@blackhistory767]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@shebacastro4729]

Congratulations!!🎉🎉🎉

[@blackhistory767]

Thank you Subbie!

[@coppercoloredlibra]

I found out being white didn’t have anything to do with skin color but class.

[@Steakout-jy1jj]

New subscriber!!! Go sis

[@blackhistory767]

Yayyyy! Welcome Subbie!

[@jeanettejohnson8117]

Enjoyed the video.

[@blackhistory767]

Thank you for watching!

[@delphine88313]

I cant say anything on what our people did then( as for passing ) .I was born in 1960 and i felt SOME of what they went through but they bore the blunt of this evil.With her husband as her covering gone she had to protect those surviving children and herself. Its sad they whited out to that extent but i wasnt wearing her shoes.Its wasn't the unforgettable sin .And we dont know what conversations she had with Jesus Christ of Nazareth about her situation ( i don't know if she served Him or not).

[@tratney]

I am produced a game speaking on him it is a history pop culture game I also referenced him in a script I wrote about passing

[@marywalker8131]

I would like to know should we celebrate those that have made history but they have passed for white celebrate the accomplishment is Black History

[@BudgetCZAR]

No ...listen if you can "Pass" then you white.mixed race people are not Black and we have to stop calling them Black. They mixed,

[@Kascie]

@marywalker8131 It is 100% impossible for a "Black" person to pass as white, only mixed people can do that.

[@welansa3414]

Brava for your original content. Never heard of Jefferson Davis' wife and her nebulous racial heritage before.

[@blackhistory767]

So glad you enjoyed!

[@joshuabeldo2656]

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[@michaelowens9551]

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[@marilynbables8071]

That photo was of Booker T. Washington and not W.E.B. Dubois.

[@blackhistory767]

I had both. Thanks so much for watching.

[@marilynbables8071]

@@blackhistory767 Thank you!

[@YOUR-WORD-IS-YOUR-BOND]

This is why some think they have white ancestors

[@blackhistory767]

True

[@Queen_Amenarina]

@Black History767 Of Course, Some of us African American People have some ancestors who were white. Many of these white ancestors were our enslavers & oppressors, which means they are DISHONORABLE ancestors & should be in Hell Fire, still now.

[@angelleigh9468]

You probably realize by now that what you said WEB Du Bois, that you showed a picture of Booker T Washington.

[@blackhistory767]

Yep. I’ve been told.

[@AdrienaSamuels-g8t]

I'm. Light. To. Medium. N. I. Still. Couldn't. Be. This. Smart. Even. If. The sctintist. Gave. Me. A genius. Tablet. Pill.

[@BlindMellowJelly]

The term Doctor has zero meaning or importance until 1890

[@WhatReally980]

Um……..how he’s darker than me and I wouldn’t be able to get away with that but you do you doc

[@blackhistory767]

🤣🤣

[@lisaholly9274]

You are the seed of your father/ not ur mother's if your Father is of black u are that if your Father is of white/esaw u are white

[@Mimi-ht6xr]

How does that work generationally, sis? Nobody is from one ethnic group anymore 😮

[@LinaLina-we4nl]

💜Thank you for sharing this informative valuable information 💯✅

[@blackhistory767]

My pleasure! Thank you for watching!