James Weldon Johnson

James Weldon Johnson

male, deceased (1938)
FiskUniversity, American road accident victim, African American, poet, novelist, Columbia University alumni…New York University, Fisk University alumni, Clark Atlanta University alumni
James Weldon Johnson was a leading American author, critic, journalist, poet, anthropologist, educator, lawyer, songwriter, early civil rights...
Carl van Vechten

Carl van Vechten

male, deceased (1964)
Ailurophiles, literary executor, Iowa writer, LGBT writer, photographer, from New York City…University of Chicago, Yale University, FiskUniversity, Pittsburgh University, doctorate degree from Fisk University
Carl Van Vechten (June 17, 1880 - December 21, 1964) was an American writer and photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the...
John Lewis

John Lewis

male, 69 years old (Atlanta, Georgia, United States)
House Representative, Troy AL, born in Troy AL, BA Fisk University 1963, BA American Baptist Theological Seminary 1961, BA American Baptist Theological Seminary…FiskUniversity, BA Fisk University
I am a US House Representative for the state of GA. I am a Democrat. My religion is Baptist. I am Married. I received my BA from American Baptist...
Charles S. Johnson

Charles S. Johnson

male, deceased (1956)
American, race riot, from Virginia, African American, Sociologist, African Americans' rights activist…University of Chicago alumni, FiskUniversity, University of Chicago
Charles Spurgeon Johnson (July 24, 1893 - October 27, 1956) was a distinguished American sociologist, first black president of historically black...
Alan Lomax

Alan Lomax

male, deceased (2002)
music historian, Blues Hall of Fame inductee, University of Texas at Austin alumni, music critic, folk music, Folk-song collector…University of the West Indies, FiskUniversity, Tulane University, Doctorate in Philosophy from Tulane University
Alan Lomax (January 31, 1915 - July 19, 2002) was an important American folklorist and musicologist. He was one of the great field collectors of...
Hazel R. O'Leary

Hazel R. O'Leary

female, 72 years old (Nashville, Tennessee, United States)
Clinton administration controversy, FiskUniversity, General Counsel, Department of Energy, Huntington High School, Northern States Power Company…Fisk University alumni, Rutgers University, Rutgers University alumni, Fisk University employee
Hazel Rollins O'Leary (born May 17, 1937) was the seventh United States Secretary of Energy from 1993 to 1997.She was the first and to date only...
Diane Nash

Diane Nash

female, 71 years old
Diane Judith Nash, Business person in real estate, lecturer, sncc, student nonviolent coordinating committee, American…Fisk University alumni, Howard University alumni, Howard University, FiskUniversity
Diane Judith Nash was born on May 15, 1938 in Chicago was one of the founders of the SNCC, a key force in the American civil rights movement.
Roland Hayes

Roland Hayes

male, deceased (1976)
FiskUniversity, Fisk University alumni, from Chattanooga, Tennessee, Philadelphia Concert Orchestra, Washington Conservatory, Amanda Ira Aldridge
Roland Hayes (3 June 1887-1 January 1977), a lyric tenor, is considered the first African American male concert artist to receive wide...
Constance Baker Motley

Constance Baker Motley

female, deceased (2005)
death by myocardial infarction, historically black college, Columbia Law School, NAACP, Fisk University alumni, nevis…University of Mississippi, New York University, FiskUniversity
Constance Baker Motley (14 September 1921-28 September 2005) was an African American civil rights activist, lawyer, judge, and state senator. She...
Clinton B. Fisk

Clinton B. Fisk

male, deceased (1890)
American temperance activist, Union Army general, Union Army soldier, democratic party, republican party, white…FiskUniversity, Clinton Bowen Fisk
Clinton Bowen Fisk (December 8, 1828 - July 9, 1890), for whom Fisk University is named, was a senior officer in the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen...