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Provident Hospital, the first owned-and-operated African American hospital not just in Chicago but in the country, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, the African American surgeon who performed the first open-heart surgery, and Emma Reynolds, the first African American woman to be admitted to the Medical College of Chicago at Northwestern University are all discussed in episode 119. Enjoy!

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City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth To Modern Chicago by Gary Krist
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African Americans in Chicago (Images of America) by Lowell D. Thompson
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Music Used in The Production of This Episode Includes:

Cinematic Suspense Series Episode 006 by Sascha Ende
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