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Channing Heggie Tobias was born 1 February 1882 in Augusta, Georgia. He was educated in the public schools of Augusta, and went on to earn a B.A. from Paine College in 1902 and a B.D. from Drew Theological Seminary in 1905. Gammon Theological Seminary (Atlanta, Geo.) conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1924. Most of Tobias's career was devoted to the YMCA. After serving for twelve years as student secretary of the International Committee of the YMCA, he was appointed as senior secretary of the YMCA's Colored Work Department in September 1923, a position he held until 1946. During these twenty three years, he also held a number of other YMCA positions relating to race relations, including member of the Executive Committee of the National Interracial Conference and associate director of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation. After leaving the YMCA in 1946, he became the first black director of the Phelps-Stokes Fund, a foundation devoted to the improvement of educational opportunities for African Americans. He retired in 1953.

From the description of Channing Tobias papers, 1911-1961. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62694497

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