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TIL the first successful heart surgery was performed in 1893, by a black american surgeon that opened the first black owned and operated hospital in the USA. (youtu.be)

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I found this advertisement placard in a vinyl album, and decided to play the card.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Hale_Williams

Edit pictures of the card https://pixelfed.ca/p/bane_killgrind/821853386900164062

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

I don't mean this in a negative way but I'm so sick of the narrative that skin color has anything to do with people's capabilities.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

ditto but for me it's the constant men vs women sex rage bait

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This isn't that.

The card I found was made during an era where civil rights had a massive leap forward. These kind of stories were not about people being better, they were about people deserving an opportunity to participate.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I didn't say your post was that

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