carthan: i would like to say good afternoon to everyone. my name is eddie carthan.sissippi.■ back during the 1980's, i was doing a black histy across the country, having been elected the first black mayor in the state of mississippi. and i was at a black history program at the university of÷@n# and that's where i met the honorable reverend dr. myers. and once i finished,e to me and ked abt mississippi to practice medicine. he had just graduated from the university. and so, having said that, dr. myers came to to mississippi. at the time, i was a businessperson had a few buildings and stores that i owned.ers set up his clic in tchula, mississippi. and there, he practiced medicine moved to tchula. i was honored to invite him there. at the time, tchula, a small city, about 3000 people, we had no doctor.cided that he would set up a practice there in tchula, mississippi. and over the years, while he was no doctor, and he provided a valuable service there in tchula, practicing medicine. long story short, dr visited tchula, was a great impression, not on of the ■?■q of tchu