Hancock, Gordon Blaine, 1884-1970

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Clergyman, educator, journalist, and civil rights spokesman, of Richmond, Va.

From the description of Papers, 1928-1970. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 16447914 1884, June 23 Born, Ninety-Six, South Carolina. 1911 A.B., Benedict College, Columbia, S.C. 1911 Married Florence Marie Dickson. 1912 B.D., Benedict College, Columbia, S.C. 1912 1918 Principal, Seneca Institute, Seneca, S.C. 1919 A.B., Colgate University. 1921 M.A., Harvard University. 1921 1952 Professor of economics and sociology Virginia Union University, Richmond, Va. 1925 1963 Pastor, Moore Street Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. 1928 1965 Wrote syndicated weekly column for Associated Negro Press, Between the Lines. 1931 Organized the Torrance School of Race Relations at Virginia Union University. 1942 Helped organize the Southern Conference on Race Relations, held in Durham, N.C. 1944 Helped found the Southern Regional Council. 1952 LL.D., Benedict College, Columbia, S.C. 1962 LL.D., Virginia Union University. 1970, July 24 Died, Richmond, Va. From the guide to the Gordon Blaine Hancock Papers, 1928-1970, (Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

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