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Listen: The Latin ProgramPortrait of Florida A&M College medical director Dr. L.H.B. Foote - Tallahassee, Florida.
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Series 904, Midwife program files, 1924-1975 ; Box 4, FF22
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Medical personnel--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee--Portraits
African American men--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee--Portraits
African Americans--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee--Portraits
Ethnicity, African American
Portraits--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Ethnicity, African diaspora
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General Note
The Board initiated a midwife licensing program in 1931 to reduce infant mortality and to promote maternal and child health.
Biographical Note
Dr. Leonard Hobson Buchanan Foote was born April 11, 1898 in Cockeysville, Maryland, son of John L. and Emma A. Foote. In 1926, Dr. Foote accepted a number of positions at the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College including college physician, director of student health, medical director and administrator of FAMU Hospital. He died on May 31, 1993.
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