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The First Chiropractic Adjustment
The first adjustment was given by D.D. Palmer to Mr. Harvey Lillard -
D. D. Palmer
Delivered the First Adjustment -
Harvery Lillard
Owned a Janatorial service where D D Palmer was studying. -
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First 100 Years of Chiropractic
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Portrait of Harvey Lillard
Potrait of Harvey Lillard who was revered and welcome to all the Palmer Chiropractic events for his role in helping discover chiropractic -
Fred Rubel
First know AA to graduate form National School of Chiropractic -
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No African Americans Allowed in "Big" Chiropractic Schools
Although Afican Americans were not allowed in desegrigated schools. There were some chiropractic schools formed to teach A.A. -
PSC - Application
The Admission application read "No Negros Allowed" -
The Rubel College of Chiropractic
School foundend by Fred Rubel a 1913 graduate of National School of Chiropractic
Believed yo be the first Black Chiropractor -
American Correspondence Corse
Many A.A. chose to get thier Chiropractic Education through this correspondence course. -
Central Chiropractic College
A segregated Chiropractic Shool in Washington, DC for African Americans -
Julien Dawson - Faculty at Rubel College of Chiropractic
Picture of AA Faculty at Rubel College of Chiropractic -
Interstate Chiropractic Association
The first Black Chiropractic Associatiton founders AA Cole and John User -
Picture of A.A. at Palmer School of Chiropractic
Black who spoke a foriegn laguage were allowed to enter Chiropractic schools 1920 - 1950 -
BJ Palmer President of PSC 1906 - 1961
The Palmer School’s refusal to accept African-American students was inconsistent with B.J. Palmer’s public statements of racial tolerance “Give me a spine, not a color of the skin, but give me a spine, and I’ll set the world on fire” -
Clarence Reaver
Mr. Reaver challege BJ Palmer to admit a promissing AA student. BJ Palmer put it to a vote of the student body and the souther block of students treatened to walk out. BJ folded due to economic pressure. -
Reaver School of Chiropractic , Dayton, OH
Dr Reaver fromed a school for AA students and caucasion students to study chiropractic together. the ratio was 1 white to 2 blacks. It wasa supported by Palmer School of Chiropractic faculty initially. -
International College, Dayton, OH 1948 - 1955
Accepted the GI Bill and took many students from Reever School of Chiropractic -
Faculty of the International College
Black and White faculty at the International College in Dayton, OH -
Ossie Johnson, a 1950 graduate of Missouri Chiropractic College
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Walton Russ, First AA to be licensed in Arkansas - 1954
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Stanley Dale
Palmer School of Chiropractic graduate -
Study Group at Palmer Schoool of Chiropractic
Study Group in PSC Library -
Milous Reese, Alabama Chiropractor of the Year, 1979
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Ad For Pennsylvania College of Straight Chiropractic, 1980s.
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Bobby Westbrooks, D.C - ABCA Founder
Helped form The American Black Chiropractic Association -
ABCA’s Third Annual Convention. Pasadena, Texas
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ABCA 1988 Annual Convention in Chicago.
ACA President Kenneth Luedte, SABCA President Gloria Niles, and ABCA Vice-President Herman Glass II, -
Willard Smith, D.C., President of the California Chiropractic Association in 1990.
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Makel Harris - Starts recruiting qualified African American Students
Single handedly recurits more African Americans than all the other school combined. -
ABCA Officers at Palmer campus, 1990
Attending a symposium addressing minorities in chiropractic -
Cal Witworth - Celebrting 100 Years of Chiropractic
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Panel on African-Americans in Chiropractic
Chiropractic Centennial Celebration, Washington D.C., July 1995 -
Dr. Hernman Glass - Celebrating 100 Years in Chiropractic
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Black President of Sherman College of Chiropractic
Dr. Jerry Hardee was the first Black Presidnt of one of the "Main Stream" Chiropractic Schools in the nation. His tenure lasted until July 2005.
Currently he hold a position at Life Univeristy in Marietta, GA as Vice Presidnet and oversees "diversity" on Life University's Campus -
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Black Presidnt of Chiropractic College
Dr. Jerry Hardee was the first black president of one of the "MainStream" Chiropractic Schools in the nation. -
Makel Harris joins Jerry Hardee to recruit for Sherman
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ABCA Jamacia Convention
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ABCA Joins the Chiropractic Summit
Chiro Summit Website The Chiropractic Summit was created in September 2007 in recognition of the profession's desire for unity. The first Summit meeting, held in Washington, D.C., was comprised of 13 organizations; the Summit has some 40 members , representing leadership from education, research, regulatory bodies, political action, practice management, chiropractic media and national associations. -
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Current ABCA Board
Las Vegas Nevada -
ABCA New Orleans Annual Convention
