A Black couple graduated from medical school after getting married six days earlier in Texas. Dwight Johnson II and Taylor Brooks, now both doctors, graduated from Meharry Medical College, an HBCU in Nashville, on Saturday, Black Enterprise reports. While Taylor graduated as a physician of psychiatry, Dwight received his doctor of medicine degree in obstetrics and gynecology.
When you get married and graduate medschool the same week 🙌🏾 🙌🏾
— Dwight Johnson II, MD (@DrDwight_MD) May 22, 2022
This is what #BlackLove mixed with #BlackExcellence looks like. #MedTwitter #BlackTwitter #ToGodBeTheGlory pic.twitter.com/nR8uNkrYVc
Dwight went viral when he posted two photos of the couple, one showing the pair on their wedding day on May 15 and the other photo capturing them on their graduation day on Saturday.
According to the couple’s wedding registry, Dwight became “immediately drawn to Taylor’s beauty and kind demeanor” when they met through a mutual friend.
“Every day after school, he would climb a particular stairwell in the library near where she would study just for the chance to say ‘hi,’” the registry states. “They had plenty of great conversations in the library, but due to the rigor of med school hadn’t had time to just have fun.”
When the semester ended, Dwight asked Taylor to lunch.
Dwight showed off his creativity when he asked Taylor to join him at the Cadaver Ball, their medical school prom. According to the registry, Dwight went with the “Love and Basketball approach,” using ping pong to ask Taylor to the Cadaver Ball. He also requested for the DJ to play “Differences” by Ginuwine while he asked her out.
The couple, who got married in Tomball, Texas, will continue their medical journey with their residencies.
