Civil rights leader and intellectual, Moses Carl Holman, was born to Moses and Mamie Durham Holman on June 27, 1919. Although born in Minter City, Mississippi, Holman was raised in St. Louis, Missouri, where his father worked in a steel mill.  As a child Holman loved to write. By the age of nineteen Holman was the first African American to win the annual radio scriptwriting award from the Chicago radio program, Dr. Christian. Holman attended Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, graduating in 1942. He earned a master’s degree in English from Chicago University in 1944 and a master’s of fine arts from Yale University in 1954. In 1948 Holman became an English professor at Clark College (later Clark Atlanta College) and held that post until 1962. During these years Holman became increasingly involved with civil rights. He helped to form the Committee for Cooperative Action in the early 1950s and became an unofficial advisor for students active in Atlanta area sit-in protests in 1960. Holman also became the editor of the Atlanta Inquirer, a black journal which reported on civil right activities in the city. While at Clark, Holman met and married his wife, Marielle, with whom he had … Continue reading M. Carl Holman (1919-1988)