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 […]
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Percy Ellis Sutton – December 26th in African American History
By Chimsima Zuhri on December 26, 2013 in African American History, Civil Rights, December, Military
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
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Frederick Douglass Patterson – April 26th in African American History
By Chimsima Zuhri on April 26, 2011 in African American History, April
Tags: April 26, Cornell University, Iowa State University, NAACP, October 10, Prairie View University, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Spingarn Medal, Tuskegee Institute, United Negro College Fund
April 26, 1988 Frederick Douglass Patterson, founder of the United Negro College Fund, died. Patterson was born October 10, 1901 in Washington, D. C. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Prairie View State College in 1919, a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Iowa State University in 1923, a Master of Science degree from Iowa State […]
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