Long before it became the slogan of the presidential campaign for Barack Obama, Dorothy Ferebee (1898 1980) lived by the motto YES, WE CAN. An African American obstetrician and civil rights activist from Washington DC, she was descended from lawyers, journalists, politicians, and a judge. At a time when African Americans faced Jim Crow segregation, desperate poverty, and lynch mobs, she advised presidents on civil rights and assisted foreign governments on public health issues. Though articulate, visionary, talented, and skillful at managing her publicity, she was also tragically...
Long before it became the slogan of the presidential campaign for Barack Obama, Dorothy Ferebee (1898 1980) lived by the motto YES, WE CAN. An Afri...
