Educators
Roy L. Austin (1939- )
Ambassador Roy Leslie Austin spent most of his life as a university scholar before becoming a U.S. diplomat at the...
Elliott Percival Skinner (1924-2007)
Elliott Percival Skinner, a leading late 20th Century anthropologist, also served as the United States ambassador to the Republic of...
Ira B. Bryant, Jr. (1904-1989)
Ira Babington (I.B.) Bryant, Jr., Ed.D., was an educator, author, researcher, and administrator from the Houston, Texas area. Bryant was...
Charles Octavius Boothe (1845-1924)
An African American Baptist preacher, educator, author, and tireless advocate for African American advancement and uplift, Charles Octavius Boothe was...
John Aubrey Davis Sr. (1912-2002)
Educator and civil rights advocate John A. Davis Sr. began his career in activism in the 1930s as leader of...
Samuel DuBois Cook (1928- )
Samuel DuBois Cook is a retired Dillard University president and, with his appointment to the Duke University faculty in 1966,...
Lorenzo “Rennie” Harris (1963- )
Rennie Harris, hip hop dancer, artist, teacher, artistic director, choreographer, and founder of Rennie Harris Puremovement (RHPM), was born in...
Addison Gayle Jr. (1932-1991)
Literary critic Addison Gayle, Jr., born in Newport News, Virginia in 1932, was educated in the local public schools before...
Walter E. Massey (1938- )
Prominent educator Walter Eugene Massey was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on April 5, 1938. His father, Almar, was a steelworker...
