First Black UTHSC graduate visits his old stomping grounds
Dr. Alvin Crawford, the first Black American to graduate from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Medicine, speaks with students at White Station High School Feb. 26. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Alvin Crawford came home to Memphis to share his story of growing up in Orange Mound, traveling the segregated South as a musician and becoming the first Black graduate of University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
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Aisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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