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Meharry Medical College
Nashville, TN
Founded in 1876 in Nashville, Meharry Medical College is one of the nation's oldest and largest historically Black medical schools, having trained approximately 40% of all Black physicians and dentists in the United States during the Jim Crow era.
Counter-Narrative
The myth this site refutes: that Black communities lacked investment in learning. HBCUs and freedom schools existed before many white institutions.
Before & After This Era
← Before · Early Republic
→ After · Jim Crow
Sites in Conversation
"Shared theme: Education & HBCUs"
"Shared theme: Education & HBCUs"
"Shared theme: Education & HBCUs"