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Medical Messiahs: African American Women in Mississippi Medicine, 1900-1940
in the Journal of Health Science & Education

Book review: Journal of Southern History

Dr. Evan Howard Ashford was born in Florissant, Missouri and raised in Kosciusko, Mississippi. He graduated as class Valedictorian from Kosciusko High School in 2004, becoming the first African American to hold that honor. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Master’s degree in Public Policy and Administration from Mississippi State University in 2008 and 2010. In 2013, he earned a Master’s degree in History from Jackson State University. He earned a Master’s degree and a Doctorate in African American Studies from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2016 and 2018. Dr. Ashford currently works at the State University of New York, College at Oneonta. He is an Assistant Professor of African American History in the Africana and Latinx Studies Department. His courses include Slavery and Resistance, Jim Crow to Black Power, History of Crimes and Prisons, African Americans and Islam, and Black Liberation Politics. Dr. Ashford’s research centers on late 19th century rural Black liberation politics and its role in shaping 20th century southern Jim Crow society. His publications include “Medical Messiahs: African American Women in Mississippi Medicine, 1900-1940” in the Journal of Health Science and Education, a book review in the Journal of Southern History, a forthcoming book review in the Journal of African American History, and an exhibition titled, Mammy to Michelle: The Journey of African American Women in the Rural South. He is currently working on his monograph and two articles. He has received awards and grants from the LSU Libraries Special Collections, Southern Jewish Historical Society, the North Carolinian Society, W.E.B. Du Bois Library Fellowship, and the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Research Scholars.