Background
SANDERS, William W. was born on October 16, 1874 in Figgsboro, Virginia, United States. Son of Robert and Diana (Lester) Sanders.
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William W. SANDERS
Edit ProfileNegro Schools State Supervisor
Education
Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, B., S.T.B., Master of Arts.
Career
Instructor. in Greek, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. Pastor, Hope Presbyterian Church, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 1900-1909. Taught public schools, Welch, West Virginia, 1911-1913.
State Librarian, Charleston, West Virginia, 1913-1914. State Supervisor of Negro Schools, 1914-1917, re-elected, since 1919. Clerk, Compensation Commissioner Office, Charleston, West Virginia, 19.
President, National. Association of Teachers in Colored Schools, 1925. Secretary, Negro Fact Finding Conference, 1929. Executive Secretary, National.
Association of Teachers in Colored Schools, since 1929. Author of a report on negro Education, West Virginia, 1925, 1928. A report of parent teacher associations, 1927-1929.
Membership
Member: N.A.A.C.P.; N.A.T.C.S. G.U.O.O.F.; Masons; Elks. Kappa Alpha Psi; Sigma Pi Phi.
Connections
Spouse Lucinda P. Yancey, 1915, Danville, Virginia.
