January 13, 1985 Jerome Heartwell “Brud” Holland, education administrator and diplomat, died. Holland was born January 9, 1916 in Auburn, New York. He graduated from Cornell University, where he was the first African American to play on the football team and an All-American in 1937, 1938, and 1939. Despite his athletic abilities, the National Football […]
Jerome Heartwell “Brud” Holland – January 13th in African American History
Tags: AT&T, College Football Hall of Fame, Cornell University, Delaware State College, diplomat, football, Hampton Institute, January 13, January 9, May 23, Presidential Medal of Freedom, University of Pennsylvania
Percy Ellis Sutton – December 26th in African American History
Tags: Brooklyn Law School, business leader, civil rights activist, December 26, Hampton Institute, NAACP, November 24, Prairie View University, Spingarn Medal, Tuskegee Airmen, Tuskegee Institute, World War II
December 26, 2009 Percy Ellis Sutton, lawyer, civil rights activist and political and business leader, died. Sutton was born November 24, 1920 in San Antonio, Texas. During World War II, Sutton served as an intelligence officer with the Tuskegee Airmen. He attended Prairie View University, Tuskegee Institute, and Hampton Institute before earning his law degree […]
Jerome Heartwell “Brud” Holland – January 9th in African American History
Tags: AT&T, College Football Hall of Fame, Cornell University, Delaware State College, diplomat, football, Hampton Institute, Presidential Medal of Freedom, University of Pennsylvania
January 9, 1916 Jerome Heartwell “Brud” Holland, education administrator and diplomat, was born in Auburn, New York. Holland graduated from Cornell University, where he was the first African American to play on the football team and an All-American in 1937, 1938, and 1939. Despite his athletic abilities, the National Football League ignored him because of […]
February 29th in African American History – Robert Sengstacke Abbott
Tags: Chicago Defender, Hampton Institute, Kent College of Law
February 29, 1940 Robert Sengstacke Abbott, lawyer and newspaper publisher, died. Abbott was born November 24, 1870 in Frederica, St. Simons Island, Georgia. From 1892 to 1896, Abbott studied the printing trade at Hampton Institute. In 1898, he earned his law degree from Kent College of Law. However, due to racial prejudice, he was unable […]
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