Novel Dramatizes Pioneering Doctor's Life

By Alan Cheuse

Published October 25, 2004 at 6:00 PM HST

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.

Alan Cheuse

Alan Cheuse died on July 31, 2015. He had been in a car accident in California earlier in the month. He was 75. Listen to NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamburg's retrospective on his life and career.

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