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The Good News-Meharry Medical College

By Dr. Benjamin Franklin Chavis Jr.
Published July 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM EDT

Today in the United States there is a shortfall of physicians in and from communities of color. The GOOD News is Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee continues to graduate one of the largest number of physicians and dentist in America

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Dr. Benjamin Franklin Chavis Jr.
Dr. Chavis is African American civil rights leader and icon, United Church of Christ (UCC) ordained minister, author, journalist, organic chemist, environmentalist, global entrepreneur, and currently President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) based in Washington, DC since 2014.
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