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Berry family portrait

Leonidas H. Berry was born in Woodsdale, North Carolina in 1902. His mother Beulah was a school teacher and his father Llewellyn was a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. From left: Rev. Llewellyn L. Berry, Leonidas H. Berry (age 3), Beulah H. Berry, Richard Berry (18 months), Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1907.

Courtesy National Library of Medicine

Photo of African American father, mother, and two young sons. Dr. Berry second from left at age 5.