As we celebrate the recent 90th birthday of Dr. Joycelyn Elders, we are reminded of the enduring impact she has had on society. Her journey through the tumultuous political landscape as the first ...

After years of filming and crowdfunding to make a documentary about Dr. Joycelyn Elders, an Arkansas native and the first Black woman to serve as the U.S. surgeon general, the film's national advisory ...

Bill Clinton’s first Surgeon General, Joycelyn Elders, has never been shy about voicing her opinions (and good for her!). So it’s not surprising that she’s got some about Barack Obama’s nominees for ...

Joycelyn Elders' story resonated with me deeply in 1994 when she was labeled a "Condom Queen" and forced to resign as Surgeon General. The welfare queen is the defining social stereotype of the Black ...

NPR's Ed Gordon talks to Dr. Joycelyn Elders, former U.S. surgeon general under the Clinton administration, about her tenure in that position, the controversy she sometimes generated while in office ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Graduation season is underway across the Pacific Northwest and some prominent guest speakers are taking to the stage, including a trailblazing physician. Dr. Joycelyn Elders ...

*WASHINGTON — In a letter to President-elect Donald Trump, the African American Health Alliance has called on him to meet jointly with the nation’s surgeons general. The Alliance, co-chaired by Dr.