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Kansas City woman is trailblazer for African Americans in dentistry
41 Action News talks to Kansas City s first female African American dentist.
and last updated 2021-02-15 08:14:38-05
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â Dr. Anne Lambert Johnson is a dentist, mentor, philanthropist and pioneer in Kansas City.
She is the first African American dentist in Kansas City and has been practicing for 47 years.
Her long history reveals the struggles that many African American dentists faced before the Civil Rights Act of 1965. I started dental school and never looked back, Dr. Johnson said as she smiled and talked about the beginning of her career.