02/10/2025
Happy Black History Month!
Dr. Fred Rubel, a 1913 graduate of the National School of Chiropractic, was the first certified black chiropractor. In 1914, a mere year after his graduation, he founded the Rubel College of Chiropractic. This was not only the first school in the field to freely accept anyone regardless of race, but it was also one of the first degree-granting institutions to do so. With a heavily African American student population that was rather unique for the time, the college was founded on a message of equal treatment and racial empowerment through knowledge. When asked about his motivations for founding the college, he said that they were “realizing that any race of people, if it must succeed, should be trained in all professions.”