Martin David Jenkins collection, 1938-1978.

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...

Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986

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Jacob Koppel Javits (May 18, 1904 – March 7, 1986) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Javits served in the U.S. House of Representatives representing New York's 21st congressional district from 1947 to 1954, as the 58th Attorney General of New York from 1955 to 1957, and as a U.S. Senator from New York from 1957 until 1981. After graduating from New York University School of Law, he established a law practice in New York City. During World War II, he serv...

Murphy, Carl, 1889-1967

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Mitchell, Parren J., 1922-2007

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Parren James Mitchell (April 29, 1922 – May 28, 2007) was a U.S. Congressman affiliated with the Democratic Party who represented the 7th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1971 to January 3, 1987. He was the first African American elected to Congress from Maryland. Mitchell was born in Baltimore, Maryland. His father, Clarence Maurice Mitchell, was a waiter, and his mother, Elsie Davis Mitchell, was a homemaker. Mitchell graduated from Frederick Douglass Senior High School in...

Morgan State College

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Guyton, Walter R. (Walter Randolph), 1933-

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Johnson, Mordecai W.

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African American minister and educator; president of Howard University (1926-1960). From the description of Papers, 1913-1976. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70941398 1890 January 12 Born to Carolyn Freeman and Wyatt Johnson in Paris, Tennessee 1911 Received Bachelor of Arts degree from Atlanta Baptist [later Morehous...

Washington, Walter E. (Walter Edward), 1915-2003

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Walter Edward Washington (April 15, 1915 – October 27, 2003) was an American civil servant and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Mayor-Commissioner of the District of Columbia from 1967 to 1975 and as the first popularly elected Mayor of the District of Columbia from 1975 to 1979. Born in Dawson, Georgia and raised in Jamestown, New York, he earned a bachelor's degree from Howard University and a law degree from Howard University School of Law. After graduating from H...

Jenkins, Martin David, 1904-

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Educator and president of Morgan State College; d. 1978. From the description of Martin David Jenkins collection, 1938-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70965223 ...

American Council on Education. Office of Urban Affairs

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