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Novel Dramatizes Pioneering Doctor's Life

By Alan Cheuse
Published October 26, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Alan Cheuse reviews Angel of Harlem, Kuwana Haulsey's biographical novel based on the life of Dr. May Chinn, the first female African-American doctor in Harlem.

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