Daniel Hale Williams
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Daniel Hale Williams was a Black American surgeon and hospital founder. He founded Provident Hospital in 1891, which was the first non-segregated hospital in the United States. He is known for being t
Williams c. 1900
Later photo of Williams
Williams' grave at Graceland Cemetery
Moses Jacob Ezekiel
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Moses Jacob Ezekiel, also known as Moses "Ritter von" Ezekiel, was an American sculptor who lived and worked in Rome for the majority of his career. Ezekiel was "the first American-born Jewish artist
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…service was. Dr Daniel Hale Williams was 75 years old. Williams was married in 1898 to Alice Johnson, natural daughter of the Jewish-American sculptor Moses Jacob Ezekiel and a biracial maid. His retirement home was in Idlewild, Michigan, a black community. Williams was baptized a Catholic by Fr Joseph Eckert, SVD on his…
Ezekiel's most famous work, the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
Fedor Encke. Drawing by Moses Jacob Ezekiel.
Ezekiel's grave on the north side of the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.
Religious Liberty (1876) in Philadelphia.