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#BlackHistory – Meet Alexa Irene Canady, The First Black Neurosurgeon
Alexa Irene Canady (born November 7, 1950) is a retired African-American medical doctor specializing in neurosurgery. She was born in Lansing, Michigan and earned both her bachelors and medical degree