1897 African-American newspaper W T JEFFERSON is 1st BLACK DENTIST nTHE US ARMY
1897 African-American newspaper W T JEFFERSON is 1st BLACK DENTIST nTHE US ARMY. Rare 1897 African-American newspaper with news coverage of W T Jefferson, the first African-American DENTIST to serve in the US Army + EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION CELEBRATION. SEE PHOTO(s) - A rare ORIGINAL African-American published NEWSPAPER, the.
Newspaper is the earliest illustrated nationally distributed African-American newspaper ever published. Its news, ads and editorial content is highly focused on topics of interest to NEGR0 AMERICANS and its masthead contains the slogan: "A National Illustrated Colored Newspaper".
This issue has a front page photo, heading and long article featuring. W T Jefferson, DDS who was the very first Black dentist to serve in the US Army. This is the VERY BEST display newspaper I have seen with contemporary coverage of this US Army dentist W T JEFFERSON he is incorrectly referred to as E. Jefferson in the article but his actual name was W T Jefferson. This newspaper "begs" to be framed and displayed in a major dental museum (perhaps the one at the National Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore, MD) or an African-American museum. This issue contains news, sports, ads, editorials and coverage of interest to African-Americans that the "main stream" media (read "White media") failed to cover in this era of JIM CROW racial segregation.(August 4, 1864 - October 26, 1925) was the first Black dentist to practice dentistry in the. During his military service in the. He faced discrimination, exclusion, and caught malaria. He became an officer, served abroad, established a dentistry practice in Chicago, and served in the National Guard.
William Thomas Jefferson was born in. The Jefferson family moved to. Jefferson first started studying dentistry under Frederick B.In 1889, he enrolled in the dentistry school at. His stay at Howard University was short, and he transferred to the American College of Dental Surgery, now the. Jefferson graduated in 1891 with a. And subsequently established a practice in.
Jefferson was a member of the. Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. In 1895, Jefferson joined Company "D" 9th Battalion, a segregated unit in the. He was elected second lieutenant on May 1 of that year, and was subsequently promoted to first lieutenant on November 4, 1895.Marked a turning point in Jefferson's military service, and the status of dentistry in the military as a whole. For the first time, a large number of United States military personnel were serving outside. There were many reports of the oral-related health issues experienced by the American occupation soldiers in.
But there were no dentistry-trained soldiers to provide care. In addition, yellow fever had spread among the American troops and devastated their ranks. United States Department of War.
Deployed Black troops to Cuba and the Philippines, under the incorrect belief that Black people were immune to yellow fever. This false assumption came about during the. 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic. Where it was thought that Black people were dying at lower rates from the disease than whites, though in actuality Black people died at the same rate as whites during the epidemic. Jefferson was promoted to the Captain of D Company on July 21, 1898. With the onset of war, D Company was reorganized into the 8th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. In February 1899, Jefferson's unit was deployed to Cuba and stationed in. By September 21 of that year, he was diagnosed and hospitalized with. But he continued to serve with his regiment in Cuba. Jefferson provided dental care to his own and two other Black regiments in addition to his line officer responsibilities. In 1899, Jefferson was discharged but he continued his military career in the Illinois National Guard as inspector of training for light infantry with the rank of. Jefferson concurrently served the Illinois National Guard while continuing his Chicago-based dentistry practice. In 1899, Jefferson wrote to Senator.To obtain an endorsement for his application to create a "Colored Volunteer Regiment" for service in the Philippines. The endorsement was received and the application was sent to the. Who rejected the application on the basis that such volunteer regiments were not necessary. Signed an act calling for 30 contract dental surgeons to be attached to the. Jefferson was the first Black dental surgeon to apply, however he was informed that a candidate from Illinois had already been chosen and that under the act, only one candidate from each state could be selected for appointment.
In 1905, Jefferson was told that he was no longer eligible for appointment as a contract dental surgeon because he was over 30 years old. In general, many Black dentists applied for the contract dental surgeon position between 1901 and 1917, but they were all rejected. Was not receptive to idea of Black medical officers until 1917 when the United States' foray into.
Jefferson continued to serve the Illinois National Guard until 1916. He died in Chicago on October 26, 1925. Very fragile condition with paper chipping at he edges.
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