title: Dismantling discrimination in dental education.
abstract: In existence for more than 100 years, the schools of medicine and dentistry of Howard University and Meharry Medical College have been responsible for training the majority of African-American physicians and dentists. The dissolution of the doctrine of "separate but equal" has resulted in the acceptance of larger numbers of African-American health professionals to America's medical and dental educational institutions. The University of Tennessee School of Dentistry is a primary example of a formerly segregated institution that has changed its policies and presently possesses a respectable number of African-American dental alumni. In a recent acknowledgment of this fact on Alumni Day, black graduates of this University celebrated and sponsored a program to increase the number of African-American matriculants at the school.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
authors.forename: C O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Dummett
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D004497:Education, Dental / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D011287:Prejudice; D012575:Schools, Dental / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology