Cannon, George Dows, 1902-1986

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George Dows Cannon was a radiologist in Harlem, New York City (1937-1982). He was the first African-American to be appointed to the staffs of the Hospital for Joint Diseases, the Hospital for the Daughters of Israel, and Triboro Hospital. He served as National Secretary of the Physicians' Forum and was a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, the New York Academy of Medicine and the American Medical Association. In addition to his medical career, Dr. Cannon served on the boards of numerous organizations involved in working for equal rights for blacks in the fields of education and medicine, including the NAACP Legal and Educational Fund, National Urban League, Lincoln University, City-Wide Citizens' Committee on Harlem as well as the Barnes Foundation in Merion, Pennsylvania, which contains an outstanding collection of impressionist art.

From the description of George D. Cannon papers, 1932-1982. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 436872178

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creatorOf Cannon, George Dows, 1902-1986. George D. Cannon papers, 1932-1982. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Lincoln University (Pa.). Board of Trustees. Board of Trustees records, 1853-1993. Lincoln University, Langston Hughes Memorial Library, Langston Hughes Memorial Library
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associatedWith Barnes Foundation. corporateBody
associatedWith Bond, Horace Mann, 1904-1972. person
associatedWith Cannon, George Epps, 1869-1925. person
associatedWith City-Wide Citizens' Committee on Harlem. corporateBody
associatedWith Harlem Hospital Center (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Hinton, William A. (William Augustus), 1883-1959. person
associatedWith King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. person
associatedWith Lincoln University (Pa.) corporateBody
correspondedWith Lincoln University (Pa.). Board of Trustees. corporateBody
associatedWith Motley, Constance Baker, 1921- person
associatedWith NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. corporateBody
associatedWith Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979. person
associatedWith Wyeth, Andrew, 1917-2009. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Pennsylvania
New York (State)--New York
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
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African American universities and colleges
African American physicians
African American radiologists
African Americans
African Americans
African Americans
African Americans
African Americans in medicine
Discrimination in employment
Hospital patients
Hospitals
Public health
Race discrimination
Tuberculosis
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Birth 1902

Death 1986

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