When Vision Meets Healing

If Dr. Patricia Bath and Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler Met in a Garden of Knowledge

One pioneered laser eye surgery, restoring sight to thousands.
One became the first Black woman doctor, opening doors for generations.
Both changed the face of medicine.

Dr. Patricia Bath transformed ophthalmology, ensuring vision care reached those long left in the dark.
Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler documented her medical expertise, ensuring knowledge outlived her era.

Would Bath thank Crumpler for paving the way?
Would Crumpler marvel at how far medicine has come?

In this imagined meeting, Dr. Crumpler offers her book of medical knowledge, holding onto the weight of history, while Dr. Bath reaches forward—eager to receive, to honor, to carry it forward. The hydroponic garden flourishes, a symbol of their ever-growing impact. One generation plants, another cultivates—and the future blooms.

The bridge behind them is more than structure—it is legacy.
The book in their hands is more than paper—it is progress.