Dr. Joycelyn Elders broke barriers, made waves as first African American U.S. surgeon general | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Dr. Joycelyn Elders broke barriers, made waves as first African American U.S. surgeon general | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Not only did Dr. Joycelyn Elders, the first African American and second woman to serve as U.S. surgeon general, have no plans to become a physician when she became the first person in her family to attend college, at the time she had never even seen a doctor before.