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Carl Glennis Roberts

1886–1950

United States

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Carl Glennis Roberts Sr., MD (1886–1950) was an American surgeon, gynecologist, and civil right leader, active in Chicago. He was one of the first African Americans to be elected to the American College of Surgeons; he was also a former president of the National Medical Association.

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