| LC control no. | n 50038921 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Nashville (Tenn.) |
| Birth date | 1893-07-24 |
| Death date | 1956-10-27 |
| Place of birth | Bristol (Va.) |
| Place of death | Louisville (Ky.) |
| Affiliation | University of Chicago National Urban League Fisk University Unesco |
| Profession or occupation | College presidents Educators Sociologists |
| Found in | His Opportunity ... 1924-25. English Wikipedia website, viewed May 18, 2012 (Charles Spurgeon Johnson (July 24, 1893--Oct. 27, 1956) was an American sociologist, first black president of historically black Fisk University [in Nashville, Tenn.], and a lifelong advocate for racial equality and the advancement of civil rights for African Americans and all other ethnic minorities; born in Bristol, Va.) NUCMC data from Fisk Univ. for His Social science documents collection, 20th century? (Charles S. Johnson; b. July 24, 1893; d. 1956) African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014: (Johnson, Charles Spurgeon; sociologist and educator; born 24 July 1893 in Bristol, Virginia, United States; Ph.B. degree in sociology, University of Chicago (1918); research director of the Chicago Urban League; one year in France during World War I as a sergeant-major in combat; research director of the National Urban League in New York (1921); founded and edited the league's journal, Opportunity; professor of sociology, director of the social sciences department and president (1946-1956), Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee; appointed to the first American delegation to UNESCO in Paris (1946) and to the commission for reorganizing education in postwar Japan; died 27 October 1956 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States) |
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