2022 UCSF Medals || The Black Caucus

UC San Francisco has bestowed its highest honor, the UCSF Medal,
to Freeman Bradley, Charles Edgar Clary, and David Johnson — Three co-founders of the Black Caucus who fought for racial equality.

We honor three Black men who co-founded the Black Caucus in May 1968 to advocate for equal opportunity and treatment at UCSF. The janitors strike they organized was a catalyst for institutional change that resulted in improved recruitment and retention of historically underrepresented faculty, staff and students. Current leaders of the Black Caucus strive to uphold the legacy of its founding members.

Freeman Bradley worked at UCSF’s Cardiovascular Research Institute, where he conducted research on respiratory issues concerning anesthesia and eventually became director of the Research and Development Lab at UCSF.

Charles Edgar Clary joined UCSF as a radiologic technician, served as educator during the HIV/AIDS epidemic and became a leader in his profession and spokesperson for the American Cancer Society as a prostate cancer survivor.

David Johnson was a longtime activist and public servant who worked in UCSF’s personnel department, learned photography from Ansel Adams and was recognized for this work by the NAACP.​​​​

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Charles is my grandfathers older brother. Thank you for putting this together, it made me shed a tear of happiness ❤