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Lucy Diggs Slowe (deceased)
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Lesbian
DOB: 4 July 1885
RIP: 21 October 1937
Ethnicity: African American
Occupation: Former prof tennis player, professor, activist
Note of firsts: First Black woman to serve as Dean of Women at any American university. Won the national title of the American Tennis Association's first tournament in 1917, the first African-American woman to win a major sports title. First person from her school to attend Howard University.
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Hiya! In the tags of that John Darnielle/Laura Jane Grace post you mentioned she covered This Year. That's one of my favorite songs and I can't find her cover anywhere! Any chance you could point me in the right direction?
!!! Yes absolutely! It was done as part of a keep-Stereogum-afloat-during-lockdown campaign, if I cannot find it on youtube I can possibly post it myself
that said! you can purchase the album here
there's like fifty tracks, highly recommend if you like indie bands and unusual covers
#other gems were daveed diggs' band clipping. covering tipsy#soccer mommy had a slow pretty one#lucy dacus covering lips of an angel is surprising sweet considering hinder suck supreme ass#walk idiot walk also bangs and a half
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Lucy Diggs Slowe (July 4, 1885 – October 21, 1937) was an American educator and athlete, and the first Black woman to serve as Dean of Women at any American university. She was a founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, the first sorority founded by African-American women.
Slowe was a tennis champion, winning the national title of the American Tennis Association's first tournament in 1917, the first African-American woman to win a major sports title. In 1922, Slowe was appointed the first Dean of Women at Howard University. She continued in that role for 15 years until her death. In addition, Slowe created and led two professional associations to support college administrators.
Lucy Diggs Slowe was born in Berryville, Virginia to Henry Slowe and Fannie Potter Slowe. While various sources put her birth year as 1885,[3][4] others have said 1883. She was one of seven children. Her father's occupation has been reported as a hotel operator, restaurant proprietor and farmer. He died before Lucy turned one and her mother died shortly after. Following her mother's death, Lucy and her sister Charlotte were raised by her aunt Martha Price in Lexington, Virginia. At thirteen, Lucy and her family moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where she attended the Baltimore Colored High and Training School. She graduated second in her class in 1904, receiving one of the two-sponsored scholarships to Howard from the Baltimore City School Board.
Slowe was the first person from her school to attend Howard University, the top historically black college in the nation, at a time when only 1/3 of 1% of African Americans and 5% of whites of eligible age attended any college.
After graduation in 1908, Slowe returned to Baltimore to teach English in high school. During the summers, she started studying at Columbia University in New York, where she earned her Masters of Arts degree in 1915.
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Playwright and Author Martha Burrill and her partner Dean of Women at Howard University, Lucy Digg Slowe!
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This afternoon, I visited the exhibit in the Undergraduate Library dedicated to Lucy Diggs Slowe. Slowe served as the Dean of Women at Howard University under the presidency of Mordecai W. Johnson, our school’s first president. In her 15 year service, she became the first black woman to hold that position and made history!Learning about her accomplishments was inspiring, and I hope other students will check out the exhibit when they get the chance. As a student at Howard, I think it’s of the utmost importance to honor and learn about the people responsible for making HU what it is today.
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Changed the Game: Lucy Diggs Slowe was 1st Black woman to win national title, and it's a footnote to her extraordinary life
The first Black woman dean, sorority founder and national sports champion, Lucy Diggs Slowe was a habitual trailblazer.
– Yahoo Sports' Shalise Manza Young
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Happy Founders to the Ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.🖤💛💕💚❤️ Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (ΑΚΑ) is a Greek-lettered sorority, the first established by African-American college women. Membership is for college-educated women. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University by a group of sixteen students led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle. Together with the 9 original founder: Anna Easter Brown, Beulah Burke, Lillie Burke, Marjorie Hill, Margaret Flagg Holmes, Ethel Hedgemon (Lyle), Lavinia Norman, Lucy Diggs Slowe and Marie Woolfolk (Taylor), the seven, “The Sophomores: Norma Boyd, Ethel Jones (Mowbray), Alice Murray, Sarah Meriweather (Nutter), Joanna Berry (Shields), Carrie Snowden and Harriet Terry. along with the incorporators Julia Evangeline Brooks, Nellie Quander, Nellie Pratt Russell, and Minnie B. Smith. Forming a sorority broke barriers for African-American women in areas where they had little power or authority due to a lack of opportunities for minorities and women in the early 20th century. AKA was incorporated on January 29, 1913. Alpha Kappa Alpha® is comprised of more than 325,000 initiated members in graduate and undergraduate chapters located in 12 countries including the US, Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Dubai, Germany, Japan, Liberia, Nigeria, South Korea, South Africa and the US Virgin Islands. Led by International President & CEO Danette Anthony Reed, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, often is hailed as “America’s premier Greek-letter organization for African American women.” Members have improved education through independent initiatives, contributed to community-building by creating programs and associations, such as the Mississippi Health Clinic, and influenced federal legislation by Congressional lobbying through the National Non-Partisan Lobby on Civil and Democratic Rights. The sorority works with communities through service initiatives and progressive programs relating to education, family, health, and business. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #alphakappaalpha https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnb7C1kOWSS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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“The Best Known Example of a Same-Sex Female Couple in Washington”
The former home of famed educator Lucy Diggs Slowe and her partner Mary Burrill has officially been listed as a National Historic Landmark. Having housed the couple for over a decade, the Slowe-Burrill House has been described as the home of “the best-known example of a same-sex female couple in Washington.”
Lucy Diggs Slowe was a tennis champion turned educator. In 1908, while she was a student at Howard University, she founded the first all-Black women’s sorority: Alpha Kappa Alpha. In 1922, her alma mater appointed her to become the new Dean, making her the first Black woman to lead any American university.
She met Mary Burrill in 1912 while the two women were high school English teachers. A playwright and major player in the Harlem Renaissance, Mary influenced many Black literary superstars such as Angelina Weld Grimké.
When Lucy was hired as Howard’s new Dean, the couple purchased a pastel blue house in D.C. neighborhood of Brookland. Though the nature of their relationship was a secret, the two lived together happily for fifteen years until Lucy’s death in 1937.
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Mary P. Burrill: an early 20th-century playwright and educator.
#mary p burrill#lgbt#black lgbt#vintage queer#mary burrill#queer women of color#black queer women#lgbt women#black lgbt women#lgbt women of color#black playwrights#queer playwrights#lucy diggs slowe#20th century gay#black queer notables#lavandnoir
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Best Partner I Could Ask For
Pairing: Daveed x Reader
Request: “something sweet with Daveed. Like we're in a movie together?” - @hj-creates
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“So how’re you feeling? You nervous” Daveed asked me.
Daveed and I were about to be on the Ellen DeGeneres show to promote a new movie that we both starred in.
Over the course of filming, Daveed and I become really close. He was a really good friend, and that was important when you were working long days together.
“Yeah, I’m good. Just a little nervous. This is my first time on a talk show” I told him. “You are going to kill it and I’ll be right there with you” he said, giving my hand a reassuring squeeze.
Then, I heard Ellen announce “Please welcome Y/N and Daveed”. The audience started to cheer and applaud. Daveed gave me a smile, before we walked out.
We walked around the corner and waved at the audience as we walked to the couch. We got to the couch and Daveed motioned for me to go in front of him.
I walked in front of him and gave Ellen a hug. Then I stepped back and she gave Daveed a hug. Then, we all sat down.
“Hi Y/N, Daveed, how are you guys?” She asked. “We’re doing good, thank you for having us” Daveed said, knowing I was a little nervous. “Yes of course. So, you both are in a new movie called See You at Lucy’s. What is it about?” Ellen asked.
“Well I play a woman named Lucy who owns her own diner. She lives in a small town and she meets this rich business man, who happens to be passing through the town. His name is Eric, and he is played by the wonderful Daveed Diggs. And they both meet and they fall in love” I explained. “Oh that’s really sweet. So what was it like working together on this movie?” Ellen asked.
“Y/N was an absolute wonder to work with. If you haven’t seen any of her work, you need to go watch it right now. She is seriously one of the most talented actresses I know” Daveed complimented. The audience awed and I looked over at Daveed and smiled at him.
“He’s being too kind, not only is Daveed such a good actor. He’s just a really good person, we worked really early mornings and late nights on this movie. There is no one I would rather have around. Anytime that I was getting tired or frustrated, he was always there to make me laugh. He was seriously the best partner I could ask for” I elaborated. Daveed put his arm around my shoulders and pulled me in for a short side hug.
“Alright, so now on to the more juicy questions. The people want to know, are you dating?” Ellen asked. I froze up, I wasn’t prepared for this kind of question. I totally had a crush on Daveed, I could feel my cheeks heat up. I hoped Ellen wouldn’t notice my panicked expression though.
“What people Ellen?” Daveed asked, skillfully dodging the question. “Everybody, now stop avoiding the question” she replied and the whole audience cheered.
“We are not dating” Daveed answered, simply. It was the truth. “What about you Y/N? Do you agree?” She asked me, hoping that I would slip up.
“No, Daveed’s right. We are definitely not dating. Why do you all want us to be dating?” I asked the audience, giggling to myself. “Well maybe because of this photoshoot” Ellen said, and then a photo came up on the screen. We both turned around to look at it and we both froze in our seats.
A few months ago, Daveed and I had to do this photoshoot as promo for the movie. One of the scenes in the movie, was us hanging out at Daveed’s characters pool. So we had to take some photos in the pool, that they were going to use for some of the movie posters.
We had just taken a bunch of funny and goofy photos. We had one where I was sitting on Daveed’s shoulders in the pool. There a few of us both jumping into the pool. “Alright, we need a romantic one now” our director had told us.
“What do you want us to do?” I asked our director. “How about you both hold each other and pretend like you’re leaning in to kiss?” Our director suggested. We both gave the director a thumbs up.
“Alright come here love” Daveed jokingly said, opening his arms to me. He wrapped his arms around my waist, while we were standing in the pool. I placed by hands on his shoulders. We both leaned in slightly.
It wasn’t hard to pretend like I was in love with him, I had had a crush on Daveed since we met at the auditions.
“This looks awkward, how about you actually kiss and we’ll take the photos as you’re leaning in. It’ll look more realistic” our director told us. We both nodded and I took a deep breath. “It’s okay, it’s just me” Daveed said, making me giggle.
We both leaned in and slowly connected our lips. We hadn’t done any of our kiss scenes for the movie, so this was our first kiss. It felt magical, I tried to ignore the fact that there was a whole camera crew watching.
Daveed cupped my face and kissed me. I could feel him smile as we kissed.
Then we pulled away and we both had cheesy grins on our faces. I was about to say something to him, when our director yelled out “Okay, we got the shot. You guys can go dry off”.
I was majorly disappointed, I was hoping to get to kiss him again. I figured we would talk about it, but we never did.
Now, looking at the photo that Ellen had, clearly our director had decided to take a photo while we were kissing, as opposed to as we leaned in.
“Care to explain?” Ellen asked us. “That was a shot for the movie posters” Daveed said, trying to act nonchalant. “Really? You seem to be enjoying yourself, you have a big ole smile on your face in this picture” Ellen said, smirking.
“It’s because we’re professional actors” I lied and the audience started laughing. “Keep telling yourselves that. So what was each of your favorite moments from shooting this movie?” Ellen asked us. I was so glad that she changed the subject.
“My favorite was definitely Y/N’s birthday. She didn’t want anyone to know that it was her birthday, but we all found out anyway. And we all decided to prank her. So I was acting out a scene with her and I went completely off of the script. She was so confused and we had our director in on the prank. Y/N was trying to go along with it, and it was hilarious” Daveed said, chuckling to himself.
“That was so embarrassing. My favorite wasn't from the actual shooting of the movie. But Daveed and I started this tradition where every Friday night, after filming, we’d go to Daveed’s trailer and watch a movie” I said. “Oh yeah, watch a movie” Ellen said, doing air quotes when she said “watch a movie”.
The audience started to laugh again. “No” I said, embarrassed. “To be fair, we did actually watch movies” Daveed clarified. “I don’t believe you. Look at her face, she can’t even keep a straight face” Ellen said.
I felt so embarrassed. I buried my face in Daveed’s chest and he put his arm around my shoulders. I could feel his body shake as he laughed. “She’s got something to hide” Ellen said.
“No I don’t, I swear” I said, pleading with the audience to believe me. “We’ll see if the people believe you. Thank you guys for being on the show today. We’ll be right back with our next guest” Ellen said, doing an intro to the commercial break. The crew started to fix everything so it was ready for the next guest.
Daveed and I both stood up and gave Ellen hugs again. “You guys can tell me, are you guys actually dating?” She asked, now that our microphones weren’t on. “No, we’re not. Sorry to disappoint” Daveed said, laughing. “Well thanks for coming, I’ll see you guys soon” Ellen told us. We both said goodbye and walked backstage.
We got back to our dressing room and sat down on the couch. “Hey can we talk about something?” I asked Daveed, nervously. “Yeah of course, what’s wrong? You seem nervous” he said, placing a hand on my thigh to calm me down. “The kiss” I said, simply.
“Are you worried about the picture? I know we thought it was supposed to just be us leaning in, but I think it works good for the poster” he explained. “No, I mean I agree. It’s just...that’s not what I wanted to talk about” I said. “Well what do you want to talk about?” He asked me.
“We kissed” I said, not knowing how to put it into words. “Yes we did, I remember” he said, chuckling. “We never talked about it” I said, uncomfortably. “Well we’re talking about it now, so what do you want to discuss?” He asked.
Daveed was such a good guy and he always knew how to make me feel comfortable.
“Daveed, I like you. I don’t how else to tell you. But we kissed and I was about to tell you, that day in the pool and then the director said we were done. And we never even got to talk about it. I thought the kiss was pretty special, but I feel like you didn’t have that same reaction. And once we’re done with promo, I still want to hang out. I don’t want to just never talk again, after this movie is out. You’re an amazing person and I don’t want to lose you” I told him.
“It was special” Daveed said, sincerely. He cupped my face and leaned it and connected our lips. It was slow and sweet. He tasted like spearmint. We pulled away and Daveed interlaced our fingers. “I promise that you will never lose me” he said, sweetly.
“Wait, so you like me too?” I asked, still in shock. “I thought the kiss gave that away, but yes Y/N, I am head over heels for you” he said, smiling.
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every time i see a post about the statue that was pushed into the docks I have an ‘oh right that’s his name’ moment and then forget his name immediately. because the name of a slave trader and owner is not information i want stored in my head.
i do remember important names.
i remember Cherry Groce and Cynthia Jarrett and Leon Patterson and Joy Gardner and Oluwashijibomi Lapite and Brian Douglas and Alton Manning and Christopher Alder and Rocky Bennett and Roger Sylvester and Derek Bennett and Ricky Bishop and Michael Powell and Azelle Rodney and Jean Charles de Menezes and Mark Nunes and Habib Ullah and Sean Rigg and Seni Lewis and Jimmy Mubenga and Smiley Culture and Kingsley Burrell and Demetre Fraser and Mark Duggan and Jacob Michael and Anthony Grainger and Julian Cole and Leon Briggs and Faruk Ali and Aston McLean and Adrian Thompson and Adrian McDonald and Sheku Bayoh and Daniel Adewole and Jermaine Baker and Sarah Reed and Mzee Mohammed Daley and Edson da Costa and Shane Bryant and Darren Cumberbatch and Rashan Charles and Nuno Cardoso and Kevin Clarke and Trevor Smith and Belly Mujinga and Abigaïl Bennett. i remember the names of British POC, ESPECIALLY BLACK PEOPLE, who were killed by a corrupt and racist system.
i remember Mary Seacole and Nanny of the Maroons and Mary Eliza Mahoney and Toussaint Louverture and Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr and Kofoworola Abeni Pratt. i remember the names of people who were wronged, whose legacies are an important part of Black history and global history.
i remember Dr Shirley Jackson and Madam CJ Walker and Lyda D Newman and Marie Van Brittan Brown and Valerie Thomas and Christina Jenkins and Theora Stephens and Lisa Gelobteran and Sarah Boone. i remember the names of Black women whose inventions are an essential part of our lives today, whose names are swept under the rug and hidden by the names of their white male counterparts.
i remember Jupiter Hammon and Wentworth Cheswell and Phillis Wheatley and James Derham and Thomas L Jennings and Alexander Twilight and Macon Allen and Joseph Jenkins Roberts and Charles L Reason and Sarah Jane Woodson Early and Mary Jane Patterson and Dr Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler and John Willis Menard and Thomas Mundy Peterson and Richard Theodore Greener and Frederick Douglass and Judy W Reed and John R Lynch and Booker T Washington and Butler R Wilson and Lucy Diggs Slowe and Bessie Coleman and Josephine Baker and William Grant Still and James W Ford and William H Hastie and Crystal Bird Fauset and Hattie McDaniel and Bob Howard and Amanda Randolph and Florence LeSueur and Juanita Hall and Ralphe Bunche and Cora Brown and Dorothy Dandridge and Arthur Mitchell and Ruth Carol Taylor and Ruby Bridges and Donyale Luna and Robert Henry Lawrence Jr and Cheryl Browne and Vinnette Justine Carroll and Alan Bell and Teddy Seymour and Barack Obama and Rita Dove and Darnell Martin and Chelsi Smith and Franklin Raines and Venus Williams and Halle Berry and Sophia Danenberg and Karen Bass and Anette Gordon-Reed and Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald and Ruth E Carter and so many more. i remember the names of all the Black firsts who are forgotten, whose accomplishments are ignored.
don’t waste brain space on racists. learn from their mistakes, yes. but learn about the Black people they tried to silence for so long. because i can’t think of a better way to spite racists than by remembering the people they tried to make us forget.
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Chapters: 1/?
Fandom: The Hunger Games (Movies), Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins, Hunger Games Series - All Media Types, The Hunger Games (Movies) RPF, tbosbas, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Fandom
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sejanus plinth/Lucy Gray Baird, Sejanus Plinth/Coriolanus Snow, Lucy Gray Baird/Coriolanus Snow, Lucy Gray Baird & Sejanus Plinth, Lucy Gray Baird & Coriolanus Snow, Sejanus Plinth & Coriolanus Snow
Characters: Sejanus Plinth, Lucy Gray Baird, Coriolanus Snow, ma plinth, Tigris (Hunger Games), Maude Ivory Baird, the covey - Character, dr gaul, Dean Highbottom, Jessup Diggs, Reaper Ash, Clemensia Dovecote, Arachne Crane
Additional Tags: Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Slow Build, slow burn Sejanus/Lucy gray, Lovers To Enemies, Fix-It, Fix-It of Sorts, Canon Rewrite, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, snow is an asshole, I couldn't let him be happy, Sejanus plinth deserves better, Lucy Gray deserves better, everyone knows snow is the worst, nobody likes snow, except sejanus but that's cause hes too nice
Summary:
Lucy Gray Baird has a secret and his name is Sejanus Plinth.
Tagging @mellarked-katnisseverdeen for the amazing idea! And @albinokittens300 cause they asked to be tagged!
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Nannie Helen Burroughs
Around the time this photograph was taken, by the age of twenty-one, Nannie Helen Burroughs (left) had established herself as a national leader within the Woman’s Convention of the National Baptist Convention, many of whose members supported women’s suffrage. Burroughs later became part of an important Washington, D.C., network of African American women suffragists including Coralie Franklin Cook, Anna Julia Cooper, Angelina Weld Grimké, Lucy Diggs Slowe, and Mary Church Terrell.
Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879–1961) is just one of the many African American intellectuals whose work has been long excluded from the literary canon. In her time, Burroughs was a celebrated African American (or, in her era, a "race woman") female activist, educator, and intellectual. -
A Documentary Portrait of an Early Civil Rights Pioneer, 1900–1959 by Nannie Helen Burroughs-
https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268105532/nannie-helen-burroughs/
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Happy Birthday Elder Watson Diggs!!! Elder Watson Diggs, affectionately known as “the Dreamer”, was quiet, polished, scholarly, and a prolific writer. He was born in Madisonville, Christian County, Kentucky, on December 23, 1883, and was the eldest son of Henry and Cornelia Diggs, he had one brother, and one sister. Diggs’ cousin, Lucy Diggs Slowe, was a Founding member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. He received a one-room school education in Louisville, Kentucky, where he helped teach the younger children. Following graduation from Indiana State Normal School in the spring of 1908, Diggs enrolled at Howard University in 1909. While a student there, he developed a friendship with fellow Hoosier, Byron K. Armstrong. During the summer of that year, Byron Armstrong visited his cousin, Irven Armstrong at Indiana University. Bryon was so impressed that he persuaded Diggs to enroll with him in the fall. Diggs enrolled at Indiana University in the fall of 1910 and was the first African-American to graduate with an A.B. degree from Indiana University’s School of Education. He subsequently earned his Master’s degree of Education from Howard University. Founder Diggs was an educator who held positions at public schools throughout Indiana. Following his death, School #42 was named in his honor where he served as principal for 26 years. When the U.S. made it’s declaration in World War I against Germany, Diggs resigned as principal and entered the nation's first officer's training camp at Fort Des Moines, Iowa and was commissioned a lieutenant. After serving in Europe with the 368th Infantry, he became a captain in the Reserve Officers Training Corps. Diggs also was a past commander of the American Legion. Subsequent to the war, Diggs was instrumental in having the Indiana constitution amended to permit Negro enlistment in the Indiana National Guard. Based on the hostile attitude and circumstances facing Blacks at Indiana University, Diggs decided to establish a fraternity on campus to give African-Americans support and sanctuary based on high Christian ideals and the purpose of achievement. Diggs assisted Byron & Irven Armstrong i https://www.instagram.com/p/CJINcbMnJU9/?igshid=18r6bq9eco50u
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Elder Watson Diggs (December 23, 1883 -November 8, 1947) was an educator by training. In 1911, he was among the principal founders of Kappa Alpha Psi, an organization for which he served as Grand Polemarch for the first six years of its existence. In 1925, he received a Laurel Wreath Award, which is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a member of the fraternity. He was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, an agricultural town in the western part of the state. He was the eldest son of Cornelia Diggs; little is known about his father. With his brother, Ellis, and sister, Essie, he was raised in nearby Madisonville, Kentucky. He attended Indiana State Normal School in Terre Haute, Indiana (now Indiana State University), graduating in 1908. The following year, he enrolled at Howard University and pursued graduate studies in education. It was here that, in 1910, he met Byron Kenneth Armstrong. During the spring of 1910, Armstrong had been visited by his cousin, Irven Armstrong, who was a student at Indiana University and promoted its virtues. In 1917, he resigned to enter the United States' first Officer's Training Camp at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. One of the first members of Kappa Alpha Psi to join the armed forces, he served with the 368th Infantry. The unit is credited with participating in the Battle of Argonne Forest in France during the fall of 1918. The Allied victory along the western front effectively brought the war to a close. After the war, he became a captain in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. In 1921, he returned to the State of Indiana and sought work as a teacher at Indianapolis Public School #42. He served as a teacher and principal for 26 years. He married Clara Bell Smith (1912-1913), a public school teacher; married Elizabeth Byrd (1916-?); Lydia Diggs (?-1947). His cousin, Lucy Diggs Slowe, was a Founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #kappaalphapsi https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmg0PvxLgeQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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HU School of Social Work
Hey guys I’m back at it again to discuss the HUSWW! This institution historically provides much needed attention to issues specific to the Black Community while also being able to provide insight to issues prevalent in many other communities. The major players in the History of this School are fascinating such as Lucy Diggs Slowe and Dr. Inabel Lindsay. I’d definitely recommend checking them out, especially in the light of their 85th Anniversity.
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