Dr. Daniel Hale Williams: The Black Surgeon Who Made Medical History | Black History That Makes You Go Hmm They said Black doctors weren’t qualified. They said hospitals were no place for us. But what they didn’t tell us… is that in 1893, a Black surgeon performed one of the world’s first successful open-heart surgeries — and built a hospital when the system shut him out. Hmm. Black History That Makes You Go Hmm. Episode 33 honors Dr. Daniel Hale Williams — the pioneer who stitched hope into the