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Women’s History Month is U.S. History Series Salutes Dr. Valerie Rice

Equality for Women is equality for all. As we celebrate Women’s History Month, we a grateful to those who have made history in the fields of medicine and science. The GOOD News is the legacy of Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice lives on for her precedent setting leadership as the first African American woman to lead a medical school in the United States.

Dr. Chavis is African American civil rights leader and icon, United Church of Christ (UCC) ordained minister, author, journalist, organic chemist, environmentalist, global entrepreneur, and currently President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) based in Washington, DC since 2014.