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Clara Arena Brawner, M.D.

In the mid-1950s, Clara Arena Brawner, M.D., was the only practicing African American physician in Memphis, Tennessee. Over the next thirty years, she branched out into local politics, health care administration, fundraising, and the study of theology. She is remembered as a fine doctor, an influential campaigner, and an inspiring mentor and role model. Born and […]