Whose scientific research into the environmental origins of racial difference provided the most erudite challenge to notions of innate black inferiority,earning him a spot in the otherwise all-white American Geographical Society?

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James McCune Smith was the first African American to earn a medical degree and his research into the environmental origins of racial difference challenged the prevailing notions of innate black inferiority, earning him recognition and a spot in the otherwise all-white American Geographical Society.

Whose Scientific Research into the Environmental Origins of Racial Difference