April 20, 2010 Dorothy Irene Height, educator and social activist, died. Height was born March 24, 1912 in Richmond, Virginia. While in high school, Height was awarded a scholarship to Barnard College but when she enrolled she was denied admittance because at that time Barnard only admitted two African Americans per academic year and they […]
Archive | April 20, 2011
April 20th in African American History – Warren Q. Marr II
April 20, 2010 Warren Q. Marr II, co-founder of the Amistad Research Center, died. Marr was born July 31, 1916 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He studied journalism and printing at Wilberforce University. After graduating, Marr worked for The Plaindealer in Kansas City, Kansas from 1939 to 1942, rising to the position of assistant editor.