James McCune Smith

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:advocatesFor Civil rights
Education_for_African_Americans
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:American_Anti-Slavery_Society
gptkb:New_York_City_Colored_Orphan_Asylum
gptkb:New_York_Medical_Society
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Glasgow
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:W.E.B._Du_Bois
gptkb:Harriet_Tubman
Sojourner Truth
gptkbp:born April 18, 1813
gptkbp:children gptkb:James_McCune_Smith_Jr.
gptkbp:contribution First_African_American_to_earn_a_medical_degree_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:died June 17, 1865
gptkbp:field Literature
Medicine
gptkbp:hasAwards Honorary_Doctorate_from_University_of_Glasgow
Recognition_from_the_NAACP
Induction_into_the_National_Medical_Association_Hall_of_Fame
gptkbp:hasWritten Racial equality
Social justice
Health disparities
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label James McCune Smith
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:African_American_literature
Public health policies
Civil rights movements
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
gptkb:David_Walker
gptkbp:knownFor Advocacy for abolition
Public health reform
gptkbp:legacy Role model for future generations
Influential abolitionist
Pioneer_in_African_American_medicine
gptkbp:nationality American
African_American
gptkbp:notableWork The_Black_Man's_Burden
gptkbp:occupation Physician
Writer
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:American_Medical_Association
gptkb:National_Park_Service
gptkb:New_York_State_Assembly
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_McCune_Smith