Category : Education

Education

Fannie C. Williams

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Fannie C. Williams was born March 23, 1882, in Biloxi, Mississippi. She moved to New Orleans to attend high school and finished both the College...
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Hallie Brown

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Hallie Brown’s parents were former slaves who married about 1840. Her father, who bought his freedom and that of family members, was the son of...
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Wilberforce University

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Wilberforce University was established near Xenia, Ohio in 1856 as a joint venture between the Methodist Episcopal Church and the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Named...
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Dr. Jeanne L. Noble

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Dr. Jeanne L. Noble, a professor of education who in 1962 became one of the first African-American women to receive tenure at New York University,...
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John Wesley Gilbert

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John Wesley Gilbert, a minister in the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church (CMEC) and professor at Paine College, accompanied Bishop Walter Russell Lambuth on his exploration...
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James West

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James West is a U.S. inventor and professor who, in 1962, developed the electret transducer technology later used in 90 percent of contemporary microphones. Born...
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Inez Beverly Prosser

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Inez Beverly Prosser was born on December 30th around 1895 in Texas; the exact year of her birth is unknown. Prosser was the first daughter...
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Ruth Winifred Howard

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Ruth Howard, Ph.D., was born on March 4, 1900, in Washington, D.C. Unknown to Reverend and Mrs. William James Howard, their eighth and youngest child...