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    James McCune Smith • Doctor James was born in N James McCune Smith • Doctor James was born in New York in 1813, he attended the African Free School and graduated at the top of his class. His applications to various medical schools in the USA were rejected on racial grounds, so with the help of his community in New York he raised the funds to travel to Scotland and gained his BA, MA and Medical Doctorate from the University of Glasgow. He is remembered on the University campus in the name of the McCune Smith learning hub. When he returned to New York in 1837 he opened a pharmacy and general practice that served all Americans, he also became Chief Physician at the New York City Colored Orphan Asylum and helped found the Radical Abolitionist Party. He died in November 1865, just before the 13th amendment outlawed some forms of slavery in the US. #peoplemakeglasgow #blacklivesmatter #blackexcellence #blackpride #universityofglasgow #visitglasgow #blackbritish #blackhistory #museumsarenotneutral #touristguide #scottishhistory #glasgowhistory
    Jackie Kay • Scots Makar Jackie was born in Edi Jackie Kay • Scots Makar Jackie was born in Edinburgh and grew up with her adoptive parents in Bishopbriggs, Glasgow. Her first book of poetry The Adoption Papers won the Saltire Society First Book Award and Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year when it was published in 1991 and explores race, identity, nationality, gender, and sexuality. She has gone on to write many more award winning books of poetry and plays, as well as her memoir Red Dust Road. In 2016 she was appointed Scots Makar, the Scottish title for national poet, only the third person to be given the honour. She is professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University and in 2020 was made a CBE for services to literature. #peoplemakeglasgow #scottishpoet #blacklivesmatter #blackexcellence #visitscotland #scotland #glasgow #poetry #thisiswhatapoetlookslike #blackpride #lgbtq🌈 #pride #touringwithjoy
    Absolutely beautiful morning in Glasgow, I don't o Absolutely beautiful morning in Glasgow, I don't often get here early enough to catch the sun on this side of Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum but when I couldn't sleep decided to take my daily lockdown exercise early so got to see it looking like this. Opened in 1901 Kelvingrove is home to a Spitfire, a Dali, and even a real Haggis! The doors are closed right now, but they won't be forever, and when you do come to Glasgow I look forward to showing you round. #visitscotland #visitglasgow #museums #peoplemakeglasgow #glasgowig #scotland_ig #instaglasgow #architechture #glasgowhistory #glasgowmuseums #scottishbuildings #scotland
    Took a quick jaunt up to the #Highlands in prepara Took a quick jaunt up to the #Highlands in preparation for the year ahead, can't wait to start sharing more stories with visitors but I'll maybe hold off until the weather warnings have stopped! #scotland #scotspirit #snow #visitscotland
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