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by James Durham | Many things can creep into our hearts as hidden idols. If we stopped to look at it we would see how they weave themselves into our everyday thoughts and actions. We don’t admit it to ourselves but they do get more attention than God...

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95ers: Time Runners (2013)

My rating: 6/10

So the script is a bit clunky, and the execution is lacking in both budget and skill, but there's some really nifty ideas in there somewhere, and this has the potential of being a really good movie. They weren't quite there yet in 2013, but I'd love to see them take another shot someday.

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James Durham: The Story of The First Melanated Man To Practice Medicine In The United States | History Matters

James Durham: The Story of The First Melanated Man To Practice Medicine In The United States | History Matters

In 1762, James Durham was born as a slave in Philadelphia. As a child, he was sold to Dr. John Kearley who would begin teaching him the basics about medicine. Throughout his young love, he would be sold several more times to other slave owners who were doctor’s and they continued to help him build upon his knowledge of medicine.

In 1783, while living with slave owner Dr. Robert Dow, a prominent…

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IP PIONEER 🌟 JAMES DURHAM #BlackHistory #FirstBlackPhysician James Durham (c. 1762-?) was the first regularly recognized black physician in the United States. Born a slave in Philadelphia, his early masters taught him the fundamentals with a Scottish physician, who hired him to perform many medical services.

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James Francis Durham c.1883-1910

James Durham, or ‘Jimmy Durham’, was born in Sudan. His father died in the Battle of Ginnis in Egypt in December 1885. The boat in which James and his mother were returning home was seized by the Durham Light Infantry. All on the boat fled except one seriously wounded man and an infant, who was James. He was kept in the care of British Sergeants and was the first African to be accepted into the Army on the same conditions as white recruits.

In 1092 James was sent to England and then posted to Ireland in 1905. He married, in 1908, Jane Green of Bishop Auckland, whose brother was a Quartermaster Sergeant with The Durham Light Infantry On 8th August 1910 he died of pneumonia in Fermoy Hospital, County Cork and was buried with full military honours in the local cemetery.

Find out more about James Durham's life from Durham County Record Office.

(Photographs courtesy of Durham County Record Office)

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Thanks and Congrats to Susan & Lorie. We really appreciate the kind words,