The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Dr. Charles Whitten

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Dr. Charles Whitten

3/8/2007

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2007.079

Pediatrician Dr. Charles Whitten (1922 - 2008 ) was an expert on sickle cell anemia. Whitten was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 3/8/2007, in Detroit, Michigan. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 5; Total Run Time: 02h 25m 59s

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Whitten, Charles F.

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Pediatrician and sickle cell anemia expert Dr. Charles Francis Whitten was born on February 2, 1922 in Wilmington, Delaware to school teachers Emma Clorinda Carr Whitten and Tobias Emmanuel Whitten. He grew up on Wilmington's East Side next door to future jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown. Whitten attended Number 5 Elementary School and graduated fourth in his class from Howard High School in 1940. In 1942, he earned his B.S. degree in zoology from the University of Pennsylvania. Whitten then studie...