Papers, 1890-1981.

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Papers, 1890-1981.

Personal papers, correspondence, writings, biographical materials, publications concerning Africa, and photographs relating to Aggrey's activities in North Carolina, New York, and Africa on behalf of education for African blacks and African Americans, and racial harmony.

9 linear ft.

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Aggrey, James Emman Kwegyir, 1875-1927

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African American educator, clergyman, and scholar born in Ghana. From the description of Papers, 1890-1981. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70941167 A teacher, orator, clergyman, and scholar, Dr. Aggrey devoted his life to the attainment of education for Black people in Africa, particularly his native Ghana, and in the United States. He also directed his energies towards the promotion of racial harmony. The collection documents his activ...

Prince of Wales College and School (Achimota, Ghana)

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Phelps-Stokes Fund

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The Phelps and Stokes families had long been associated with a variety of philanthropic enterprises in the 19th and 20th centuries. The Phelps-Stokes Fund was created in 1911 as a non-profit foundation under the will of Caroline Phelps Stokes. Its original objectives were to improve housing for the poor in New York City, and the "education of Negroes, both in Africa and the United States, North American Indians, and needy and deserving white students." The contacts maintained by the staff and tr...

Aggrey, Rose Douglass

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