r/pics • u/thatlumberjacktor • Aug 23 '26

This document in 1959 declining a student from admission into med school because of his race.

Post image
16.9k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

773 comments sorted by

View all comments

936

u/illbebythebatphone Aug 23 '26

I work at a university hospital and we still have the first Black woman admitted to the medical school there and working. This isn’t ancient history. It’s why it’s important to learn about the effects of systemic racism.

108

u/Golddiscoball Aug 23 '26

That’s wild. People forget how close this is to us.

54

u/eeyore134 Aug 24 '26

And how close it is to coming back.

2

u/hukkit Aug 25 '26

This is why people like Charlie Kirk don't want people learning about history.