Background
Stephens, Alonzo Theodore was born on April 19, 1919 in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. Son of John Wesley and Alice Elizabeth (Dicks) Stephens.
Stephens, Alonzo Theodore was born on April 19, 1919 in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. Son of John Wesley and Alice Elizabeth (Dicks) Stephens.
Bachelor of Arts, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1948. M. Letters, University Pittsburgh, 1951, Doctor of Philosophy in History, 1955.
Petersburg, 1942, Lakeland, Florida, 1948-1950. Education training coordinator VA, 1946-1947. Assistant professor history Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1953-1955.
Associate professor Savannah State College, 1955-1958. Professor history Tennessee State University, Nashville, 1958-1984, professor emeritus history and geography, since 1984, head department, 1958-1981. Charter member Children's International Education Center, Nashville, 1980.
Member Tennessee Heritage Alliance, 1982-1985. Chairman Tennessee History Sites Commission, Nashville, 1983-1984.
Member Tennessee Heritage Alliance, 1982-1985. Served with United States Army, 1943-1946. Member Association Social and Behavioral Scientists (president 1965, Presidential Service award 1973), United Nations Association (president Tennessee division 1972-1981, president Nashville section 1968-1970), Middle Tennessee Conference Afro-American Historians (president 1975-1981), Southern History Association, American History Association (fellow Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, summer 1970), Association Study of Afro-American Life and History, Middle East Studies Association, American Political Science Association, Tennessee History Sites Commission (chairman 1980-1981), Commission Study Organization of Peace, African Studies Association.
Children– Andrea Katrina, Alonzo T. Teacher social science.