By Rayna Reid ·Updated January 27, 2022
In the wake of a global pandemic that has disproportionately impacted African American communities, “medical schools across the country are reporting a record increase in first-year Black students.”
Breaking down the numbers in comparison to 2020, Black or African American students in their first year increased by 21 percent, and when looking at the data for Black male first-year students, their numbers increased almost