Education
Howard University; Columbia University.
Howard University; Columbia University.
His book, Missouri’s Black Heritage, co-authored by Antonio Holland and Gary Kremer, was a pioneering work on the African-American experience in Missouri. He co-authored several works and his historical diaries and notes have been used in other historical texts, such as Selling Black History for Carter G. Woodson. He worked with Carter Woodson, who was known as the "Father of Black History".
1899, November.16 Born, Ansonia, Connecticut
1924 Bachelor of Arts, Howard University, Washington, District of Columbia 1926 Master of Arts in history, Columbia University, New York, New York
1928 - 1933 Field representative and research assistant to Carter G. Woodson, director, Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Washington, District of Columbia 1930 Published with Carter G. Woodson The Negro Wage Earner Washington, District of Columbia: Associated Publishers.
388 pp.)
1931 Published with Myra C. Callis The Employment of Negroes in the District of Columbia (Washington, District of Columbia: Associated Publishers 89 pp)
1933 - 1972 Instructor and professor of history, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri 1942 Doctor of Philosophy in history, Columbia University, New York, New York Published The Negro in Colonial New England, 1620-1776 (New York: Columbia University Press 404 pp) Married Thomasina Tally
1955 Chairman, program committee, Association for the Study of Negro Life and History annual meeting, Los Angeles, California
1947 - 1956 Editor, Midwest Journal, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri 1964 Chairman, program committee, Association for the Study of Negro Life and History annual meeting, Detroit, Michigan
1959 - 1961 Chairman, SubCommittee on Education, Missouri Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights
1965 - 1966 President, Association for the Study of Negro Life and History
1971 Honorary LH.D., University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
1971 - 1972 Director, Institute for Drop-Out Prevention and Teacher Orientation, Jefferson City, Missouri 1972 - 1974 Director, Institute to Facilitate Desegregation in Kansas City Public Schools, Kansas City, Missouri 1980 Published with Antonio F. Holland and Gary Kremer Missouri"s Black Heritage (Street Louis: Forum Press 195 pp)
1988, January
24 Died, Jefferson City, Missouri
1988 Posthumous publication of Working with Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History, a Diary, 1928-1930 (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press 487 pp).