Walter L. Wright records, 1922-1945 (bulk 1932-1942).

Howard University

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Howard University is a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. Tracing its history to 1867, from its outset Howard has been nonsectarian and open to people of all sexes and races. The institution was named for General Oliver Otis Howard, a Civil War hero who was both the founder of the university and, at the time, commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau. The U.S. Congress chartered Howard on March 2, 1867 and much of its early funding came from endow...

Azikiwe, Nnamdi, 1904-1996

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United States. Works Progress Administration

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Organizational History President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935 as a part of his New Deal to curtail the Depression's effects on the United States. The WPA attempted to provide the unemployed with jobs that allowed individuals to preserve skills or talents. The Federal Writers' Project (FWP), one branch of the WPA, provided work for over 6,600 unemployed writers, journalists, edit...

Brown, Charlotte Hawkins, 1883-1961

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Charlotte Hawkins Brown (June 11, 1883-January 11, 1961) was born in Henderson, North Carolina, the daughter of Caroline Frances Hawkins and Edmund H. Hight. The family moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the late 1880's, where CHB attended public schools. During her senior year of high school Alice Freeman Palmer, formerly president of Wellesley College, encouraged her to attend the State Normal School at Salem and provided financial support. In 1901 CHB accepted a job as teacher...

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education

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Board of Christian Education was established in 1923 by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. from a consolidation of: The General Board of Education, The Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work, the Board of Temperance and Moral Welfare, the Permanent Committee on Sabbath Observance, and the Permanent Committee on Men's Work; it was continued by the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. until 1972 when the boards were reorganized. From the description of Records, 1923-1972. ...

Alexander, Walter G. (Walter Gilbert), 1880-1953

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Lincoln University (Pa.). Office of the President

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Ashmun Institute was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey, a Presbyterian minister, with the purpose of preparing freedmen to christianize Africa; named after Jehudi Ashmun, the first governor of Liberia, it was the first college established in the U.S. to have as its original purpose the higher education of youth of African descent; interracial and international; renamed Lincoln University in 1866, becoming the first educational institution named for the assassinated president. Marvin Wachman ...

Tobias, Channing H. (1882-1961).

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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...

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

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Poet, author, playwright, songwriter. From the guide to the Langston Hughes collection, [microform], 1926-1967, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.) From the description of Langston Hughes collection, 1926-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 144652168 Langson Hughes: African-American poet and writer, author of Weary Blue (1926), The Big Sea (1940), and other works. ...

United Negro College Fund

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Founded in 1944 to enhance the quality of education by providing financial assistance to deserving students, raising operating funds for member colleges and universities, and increasing access to technology for students and faculty at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). From the description of Statistical reports, 1986-1988. (Benedict College). WorldCat record id: 70967588 Research Dept. was established in 1968 to gather and disseminate information about Un...

Imes, G. Lake b. 1883

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Decosta, Frank A.

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Hill, Leslie Pinckney, 1880-1960

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Fifth principal, Institute for Colored Youths, and first president, Cheyney Training School for Teachers, later Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. From the description of Leslie P. Hill papers, [18--]-1961. (Cheyney University). WorldCat record id: 70972035 ...

Lincoln University, Pa.

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Ashmun Institute was founded in 1854 by John Miller Dickey, a Presbyterian minister, with the purpose of preparing freedmen to christianize Africa; named after Jehudi Ashmun, the first governor of Liberia, it was the first college established in the U.S. to have as its original purpose the higher education of youth of African descent; interracial and international; renamed Lincoln University in 1866, becoming the first educational institution named for the assassinated president; first recorded ...

Lincoln University (Pa.). Ladies Auxiliary

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Ladies Auxiliary of Lincoln University is an organization consisting of women relating to the alumni or interested in the students, alumni, and university; founded in 1933, the Ladies Auxiliary works to help improve the social and cultural life of the university. From the description of Ladies Auxiliary of Lincoln University records, 1943-1987. (Lincoln University, Langston Hughes Memorial Library). WorldCat record id: 81340036 ...

Jones, Robert Elijah, 1872-1960

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Amos, Thomas Hunter, 1866-

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Pennsylvania. Commission on Higher Education

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Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981

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Civil rights leader and journalist; d. 1981. From the description of Papers, 1915-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 31605113 Roy Wilkins was born in St. Louis, Missouri, grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota and graduated from the University of Minnesota. Wilkins edited the KANSAS CITY CALL, a Black newspaper, from 1923 to 1931. Wilkins became Assistant Secretary of the NAACP in 1931 and became Executive Secretary in 1955. Under his leadership the NAACP grew to 350,000 members. ...

Halliburton, Cecil D.

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Hastings, George Aubrey, 1885-1956

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George Aubrey Hastings (1885-1956) author and public relations counselor, was administrative assistant to Herbert Hoover from 1931 to 1932, and extension director for the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection from 1932 to 1933. From the description of Hastings, George A. (George Aubrey), 1885-1956 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10575959 ...

Patterson, Frederick D. (Frederick Douglass), 1901-1988

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African American educational administrator and advocate. From the description of Frederick D. Patterson papers, 1861-1988 (bulk 1965-1988). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132581 African American educator. From the description of Papers, 1861-1988 (bulk 1965-1988). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28424351 College president. From the description of Reminiscences of Frederick Douglass Patterson : oral history, 1980. (Columbia University In the ...

Davis, John W. (John Warren), 1888-1980

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Educator. From the description of Reminiscences of John Warren Davis : oral history, 1976. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309732114 African American educator, administrator, scientist, author, and civil rights activist. From the description of Papers, 1905-1979. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70941390 ...

Grimké, Francis J. (Francis James), 1850-1937

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Miller, Kelly, 1863-1939

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Kelly Miller (1863-1939), an African American intellectual and professor, was born in South Carolina in 1863, just a few months after the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the South. As a child Miller expressed a penchant for mathematics, and he was sent for special education in a Presbyterian-sponsored school. After secondary school, he received a scholarship to study at Howard University. He graduated from Howard in 1886 and became the first African American student to enroll at John H...

United States. National Youth Administration

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Wright, Walter L. (Walter Livingston), 1872-1946

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Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Board of Education

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Rhodes, E. Washington

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Brooks, Walter H. (Walter Henderson), b. 1851

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