A few months ago, I visited Jackson, Miss., to attend African American Visit Day at the University of Mississippi’s School of Medicine. High school and college students from across the state spent time that Saturday morning with Black medical students and administrators, finding out what they needed to do to become a doctor.
The annual event is one way the medical school is trying to recruit more Black students in a state where almost 4 in 10 people, but only 1 in 10 doctors, are Black.