Monroe Alpheus Majors | |
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 Majors in 1893 | |
| Born | October 12, 1864 Waco, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | December 10, 1960 (aged 96) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | West Texas College; Tillotson Normal and Collegiate Institute; Central Tennessee College |
| Alma mater | Meharry Medical College |
| Occupation(s) | physician, journalist, writer |
Monroe Alpheus Majors (October 12, 1864 – December 10, 1960)[1] was an American physician, writer and civil rights activist in Texas and Los Angeles. He was one of the first black physicians in the American southwest and established a medical association for black physicians who were not allowed entry into the American Medical Association. He wrote a noted book of biographies of African-American women, Noted Negro Women: Their Triumphs and Activities, published in 1893, and wrote for numerous African-American newspapers, notably the Indianapolis Freeman, of which he was an associate editor in 1898 and 1899, and the Chicago Conservator, which he edited from 1908 to 1910. He was the father of composer Margaret Bonds.