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Black physician and civil rights leader born in Waskom
On this day in 1894, Charles A. (Doc) Dudley, an African American
physician, civic leader, and civil rights worker, was born in Waskom,
Texas. He graduated from high school at Marshall and attended Bishop
College in Dallas before entering Meharry Medical College in Nashville,
Tennessee. After receiving a license to practice medicine in Texas, he
assumed the practice of his cousin in Victoria. Dudley supported education
for black children and, working with teachers in Victoria, helped furnish
equipment not provided by the school board. In January 1940 he organized a
council composed of black citizens that provided improvements for the
grounds of F. W. Gross High School. He led the fund raising drive that
established the George Washington Carver Civic Council for the
recreational and cultural development of black youth. During the struggle
for voting rights, he worked closely with NAACP attorney Thurgood
Marshall, the future United States Supreme Court associate justice. Dudley
died in 1975. Dudley Elementary School in Victoria is named for him.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- DUDLEY, CHARLES ARTHUR, JR.
- VICTORIA, TX
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE
- CIVIL-RIGHTS MOVEMENT
- AFRICAN AMERICANS
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