A Black woman publisher has made history by receiving a prestigious award for her work in journalism. The publisher, alongside her father and the publication's founder, highlighted the newspaper's long history of reporting news from a Black perspective and providing free access to the Black community.
‘ Publisher and my father, Wilbert “Bill” Tatum, before me. We’ve been reporting the news of the day from a Black perspective since 1909 –, the first time in the 125 years of this award it has been given to a Black woman publisher – We are proud to provide no paywall journalism for the Black community we serve, the largest Black and Brown community in the country.‘ Publisher and my father, Wilbert “Bill” Tatum, before me.
In 1939, she married the Rev. Frederick Meyers, who was appointed rector of St. Matthews Episcopal Church in Detroit. She used a hyphenated name, she later recounted, to retain her parents’ name, since she was an only child. Her husband’s appointment made it possible for her to transfer to Wayne State University’s medical school in 1940. Three years later, she became the first African American woman to receive a medical degree from the college.
In 1947, she partnered with Dr. Eugene Shafarman to form the first interracial medical practice in the city. Patients were generally allowed under the white doctors and then transferred to her for treatment.
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