George Ruble Woolfolk

Background

Woolfolk, George Ruble was born on February 22, 1915. Son of Lucien Ben and Theodoshia Berry (Jackson) Woolfolk.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in History, University Louisville, 1937. Master of Arts, Ohio State University, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1947.

Career

Assistant professor to associate professor history Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical University, Texas, 1943—1960. Professor, chairman department history, 1960—1980. Professor, chairman department, division social and political science, since 1980.

Vice chairman American Revolution Bicentennial Commission Texas, 1973. Member Texas State History Document Advisory Board. Technical advisor Waller County History Commission.

Member Texas Committee Humanities. Consultant television Series Black Frontier, University Nebraska and Ford Foundation. Lecturer field; With ASTP, 1943-1945.

Achievements

• George Ruble Woolfolk has been listed as a notable historian, author, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Prairie View - A Study in Public Conscience

    (A comprehensive history of Prairie View A&M University in...)

  • The Free Negro in Texas, 1800-1860: a Study in Cultural Compromise
  • The Cotton Regency: The Northern Merchants and Reconstruction, 1865-1880

Membership

Member of Alpha Phi Alpha, Southwestern History Association, Southern History Association, Organization American Historians, American History Association, Association Study Afro-American Life and History.

Connections

Married Douglass Geraldyne Perry, August 15, 1945. 1 child George Ruble.

Father:

Lucien Ben Woolfolk

Mother:

Theodoshia Berry (Jackson) Woolfolk

Spouse:

Douglass Geraldyne Perry

child:

George Ruble Woolfolk