Monday, March 4, 2019

Dr. Alexa Irene Canady ----First African American to become a Neurosurgeon















Dr. Alexa Irene Canady 

She was born in Lansing, Michigan to Elizabeth Hortense (Golden) Canady and Dr. Clinton Canady, Jr. Her mother was an educator and former national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

 She also spent years being active in civic affairs within the city of Lansing and her father a dentist.

Her parents attended Fisk University where they met and later married on her mother's 18th birthday right before her father's deployment during World War II.

 Her father is also a graduate of Dentistry of Meharry Medical College and her mother is a graduate of Fisk University. 

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