Biography:

Physician; social activist. Born– September 20, 1918, in Dothan, Ala. Parents– Willie P. and Laura (Florence) Wright. Married– Louise L. Lovett, February 11, 1950. Children– Two. Education– Alabama State College, B. S., 1939; Meharry Medical College, M.D., 1943. Practiced medicine, Harlem Hospital, New York City, 1943-1945 and 1950-1953; Cleveland City Hospital, 1945; Hutzel Hospital, Detroit, 1946-1950, 1953-1986. Founder and chairman, Afro-American Museum, Detroit; president, African Medical Education Fund; trustee, University of Detroit. Writer and producer, “Were You There”–musical drama and television special; executive producer, “This Bank is Open to You—film; director, “You Can Be a Doctor”–film; producer, “Venereal Disease”–television special; writer and narrator, radio documentaries on Paul Robeson and Rosa Parks. Died March 7,2002.

Source:

Who’s Who in the Midwest.

Wikipedia.

Publication(s):

Robeson, Labor’s Forgotten Champion. Detroit, Mich.; Balamp Pub., 1975.