Isaac David Burrell was the son of a former slave. Burrell opened the first black-owned drugstore in southwestern Virginia. Burrell attended the Leonard Medical College of Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina where he received an M.D. in 1893. After completing his studies, he moved to southwestern Virginia where he opened a drug store. Because […]
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