Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson papers, 1948-2010.

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Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson papers, 1948-2010.

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Consists of annual reports, booklets, book manuscripts, book proofs, brochures, catalogues, certificates, church directories, citations, correspondence, forms, a guest book, an inauguration ticket, lists, magazine articles, newsletter articles, newspaper articles, notes, passports, proclamations, programs, remarks, speeches, and writings.

2 containers (0.6 linear ft.)

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Established as Fisk Free Colored School in Nashville, Tenn., in Dec. 1865 by John Ogden, Rev. Erastus Milo Caravath, and Rev. Edward P. Smith; named in honor of Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, assistant commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau for Tennessee and Kentucky, who provided the new institution with facilities and contributed over $30,000 to the school; opened on 9 Jan. 1866 with almost two hundred students of all ages; incorporated as Fisk University on 22 Aug. 1867 after its curriculum shifted to ...

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Johnson, Ella Mae Cheeks, 1904-2010

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Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson (maiden name Smith) was born in Dallas, Texas, on January 13, 1904. Orphaned at four years old, she was taken in by neighbors, the Davis family. She attended Dallas Colored High School and graduated in 1921. She went on to Fisk University using scholarships, fellowships, and her own work to pay her way. She graduated in 1925 one semester late due to a student strike incited by W.E.B. Dubois, with a degree in French. Unsure that she would find a job as an African American ...

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