BLACK HISTORY: MEDICAL PIONEERS
Dr. George Cleveland Hall (1864-1930)
• Pioneer in surgery and Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board at Provident Hospital; Appointed Chief of Staff at Hospital in 1926
• Leading African American physician in Chicago, 1900-1930 Instrumental in the establishment of infirmaries throughout the south
• Organized the first postgraduate course at Provident Hospital
• Founded Cook County Physicians’ Association of Chicago
• Vice President of National Urban League and instrumental in getting it started in Chicago
• Active member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
• Helped to find interest in financial support of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History