Granbery, John C.

John Cowper Granbery, Jr., (1874-1953) was a Methodist minister, sociology professor and publisher of the Emancipator. He attended seminary school at Vanderbilt and was ordained in 1897. He then attended the University of Chicago, eventually earning a doctorate in sociology in 1909. Granbery taught at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, 1913, but left to join the Foyer de Soldat, an organization formed by the International Committee of the Young Men’s Christian Association of North America to provide aid to soldiers in France during World War I (WWI). Granbery was twice decorated by the Greek government during WWI.

He returned to Georgetown and made a name for himself as an outspoken liberal, making speeches on behalf of the reelection of Miriam A. “Ma” Ferguson. Granbery taught in the history department of Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University) from 1925 until being fired for his political activities in 1932. From 1935 to 1838, he was again at Southwestern, but after his dismissal from that university, Granbery started a liberally monthly, the Emancipator. He published his magazine in San Antonio from 1941 to 1952 and continued to teach at local universities. He also had a radio program on WOAI.

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