Black History Month Profiles: Solomon Carter Fuller, Psychiatrist, Professor and Medical Researcher

During Black History Month, Fair360, formerly DiversityInc is honoring a series of Black innovators and history makers such as Solomon Carter Fuller who are often overlooked in mainstream media coverage and history books. Check back throughout February to learn about more important figures.

Born: Aug. 11, 1872, Monrovia, Liberia
Died:
1953, Framingham, Massachusetts 
Known best for: 
Being the first African American psychiatrist and contributing to research surrounding Alzheimer’s disease and other disorders

Solomon Carter Fuller was an American-Liberian who was the first African American psychiatrist. His most notable work included research about degenerative brain conditions like Alzheimer’s. Fuller’s grandparents were slaves in Virginia who bought their freedom. The prospect of former slaves returning to Africa was popular at the time, and under the American Colonization Society, Fuller’s father and paternal grandparents settled in Liberia as part of a settlement of African Americans. Fuller’s maternal grandparents were missionaries and doctors in Liberia as well.

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