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is the website for a film about two men who, in 1944, pioneered a procedure that would save the lives of thousands of "blue babies." One of the men, Alfred Blalock, was a prominent white surgeon. The other, Vivien Thomas, was an African American with a high school education. Blalock recognized Thomas' talents when the younger man inquired about a janitor's job at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. Thomas went on to train two generations of the country's premier heart surgeons. (WBGH, National Endowment for the Humanities)
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