Occupation – Education – University Professor – English
Mary Annette Anderson (1874-1922)
Professor Mary Annette Anderson was born on July 27, 1874, in Shoreham, Vermont, to William John Anderson, a formerly enslaved...
Hobart Sidney Jarrett (1915-2005)
Dr. Hobart Sidney Jarrett (1915-2005) was a respected scholar, educator, and leader in Black community organizations. His contributions to African...
Louis L. Redding (1901-1998)
Civil rights attorney Louis L. Redding was the first Black man admitted to practice law in Delaware. He argued one...
Nick Aaron Ford (1904-1982)
Nick Aaron Ford, critic, pedagogic, and activist, was born on August 4, 1904, in Ridgeway (part of Columbia), South Carolina,...
Mabel Janet Byrd (1895-1988)
Mabel Byrd, a life-long educator, researcher, and civil rights activist, was the first African American to attend the University of...
Margaret Just Butcher (1913-2000)
Activist, writer, and educator Margaret Just Butcher was born on April 28, 1913, in Washington, DC, to Dr. Ernest E....
Percival Everett (1956- )
The son of Percival Leonard and Dorothy Stinson Everett, the author Percival Leonard Everett, was born on a military base...
Tyehimba Jess (1965- )
Nationally acclaimed poet Tyehimba Jess was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1965. His father worked in the City’s Department of Health and served as...
Jesmyn Ward (1977- )
Jesmyn Ward, an acclaimed American writer and an associate professor of English at Tulane University, was born in 1977, in DeLisle, Mississippi, the town where...
