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Benjamin A. Quarles (1904-1996)
Noted historian, scholar, and educator Benjamin Author Quarles was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 23, 1904. His father Arthur...
William Leo Hansberry (1894-1965)
Historian and anthropologist, William Leo Hansberry began his college education at Atlanta University, but (at the urging of W.E.B. DuBois)...
W. Augustus Low (1916-1988)
Wilfred Augustus Low — or “Gus,” as he was universally known to friends and colleagues — was born to a...
Alrutheus Ambush Taylor (1893-1955)
Fisk University Franklin Library’s Special Collections A[lrutheus] A[mbush] Taylor, historian, was born in Washington D.C. where he also went through...
W. Sherman Savage (1890-1981)
Born on the Eastern Shore of Virginia on March 7, 1890, William Sherman Savage was forced to withdraw from primary...