Black medical colleges

Between 1910 and 1947, Howard and Meharry graduated 90% of all black medical school graduates. In 1947, of ca. 25,000 American medical students, only 672 (2.7%) were black, while blacks were ca. 10% of US population (Ward, 46). A 1949 survey found that U. Michigan, BU, and WMC of Phila had most liberal policies toward admitting blacks, who comprised slightly more than 2% of their total enrollment that year (50). By 1923, ca. 90 black women had received medical degrees – 39 from Meharry, 25 from Howard, and 12 from WMC of Phila (53). In 1967, three remaining all-white southern med schools (Duke, Bowman Gray [Wake Forest], and Univ. Georgia) all admitted their first black students. In 1969, for first time, more black students enrolled in 99 predominantly white med colleges than at Howard and Meharry (57).