Dr. Herman A. Barnett

Collection:: Building the African-American Community
Title:: Dr. Herman A. Barnett
Date of Original:: 1900/2017
Subject:: Persons--Texas
African American physicians--Texas
African Americans--Texas
People:: Barnett, Herman A.
Location:: United States, Texas, 31.25044, -99.25061
Medium:: photographs
Type:: StillImage
Format:: image/png
Description:: Photograph of Dr. Herman Barnett garbed for surgery and looking at some medical equipment while he holds a gas mask over a patient's face. Dr. Barnett was the first African American to be admitted to the University of Texas Medical school, graduated with honors in 1953. He is the first native Texas African American to graduate from a Texas medical school and be licensed to practice in Texas.
Local Identifier:: local-cont-no: frm-0006
ark: ark:/67531/metapth17413
Metadata URL:: http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17413/
Language:: eng
Extent:: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Contributing Institution:: Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum
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