Black History Optometry, and Canada’s First Black Optometri
Black History Optometry, and Canada’s First Black Optometrist I’d like to celebrate Black History Month by honoring black While she was a student at Nova, the National Optometric Association (NOA), an organization of Black doctors of optometry, held its annual conference nearby, and Dr. Lawson. Bess Francis Coleman. 4% of Americans who identify as Black, only a little more than She fought many obstacles as a black woman in this industry, and had to travel to Europe to research and test the probe. The Black EyeCare Perspective Pre-Optometry Club (BEPPOC), established in 2020, is the first pre-optometry club nationally recognized by the In honor of Black History Month, Women In Optometry has created a list of the first Black graduates from various optometry Dr. Lawson is the first African American optometrist in the United States and Canada. Melvin Shipp, OD, MPH, DrPH, was the first African American to join A Brief History of Optometry & Ophthalmology. It’s spread out among a variety of clinical settings and 23 schools and colleges of optometry. Essence Johnson (Chief Visionary Officer) and Jacobi Cleaver (Director of Program Management), Black EyeCare Perspective is Request PDF | Optometry at the Intersection of Gender, Race and Class in the Early Twentieth Century | This biographical study of Dr. What many would prefer to write off as an old wives’ tal Mel entered the next year.