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Dr. Charles Howard Wright On September 20,1918 Dr. Charles Howard Wright was born in In Dothan, Alabama. Dr Wright attended Southeast High School from 1935-1939. In the same year Dr. Wright proceeded to Alabama State College. In 1943, he attended Mehany Medical School. Dr. Wright praticed general medicine in Detroit in 1950. Dr. Wright completed obstetrist and gynecology from 1950. In 1960,Dr. Wright ordered funds for medical training for Africans in United States through the Detroit Medical Society. In 1964-1965 Dr. Wright engaged in medical surveys in West Africa. He served as a physician during the civil rights marches in 1965 in Bogalusa, Louisiana. Dr. Wright was the writer and publisher of The Medical Association Demand Equal Opportunity. And was also the autor of Rebson, Labour's Forgotten Champion.In 1965, Dr. Wright opened the International Afro-American Museum in the basement of his home and office. Dr. Wright later moved the museum from his home to Detroit's University Cultural Center and was renamed the Museum of African American History. In 1998, the museum was renamed the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in dedication of Dr. Wright. Dr. Wright died on March 7th 2002.

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