There Were Fewer Black Men In Medical School In 2014 Than In 1978

By LAUREN SILVERMAN

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Oviea Akpotaire and Jeffrey Okonye put in long days working with patients at the veterans’ hospital in south Dallas as fourth-year medical students at the University of Texas Southwestern.

They’re in a class of 237 people and they’re two of only five black men in their class.

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