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Medical school acceptances for Black students are declining. A movement wants to make change - CBS News
For centuries, Black Americans hurdled barriers to practice medicine by studying in other countries, creating schools and building hospitals of their own. After the civil rights movement, just 2% of practicing doctors were Black. While that number has more than doubled, acceptance rates of Black applicants into medical schools are on the decline. Michelle Miller has more.