People Logan, Rayford Whittingham, 1897-1982

Rayford Logan

Rayford Whittingham Logan (January 7, 1897 – November 4, 1982) was an African-American historian and Pan-African activist. He was best known for his study of post-Reconstruction America, a period he termed "the nadir of American race relations". In the late 1940s he was the chief advisor to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on international affairs. He was professor emeritus of history at Howard University. Rayford Logan was born and raised in Washington, DC. He won a scholarship to Williams College, graduating in 1917. During the First World War he joined the U.S. Army, and served as a first lieutenant in the all-black 93rd infantry Division, which undertook operations with French troops. Once the war ended, Logan remained in France, absorbing both the culture and the language. He helped to co-ordinate the 2nd Pan-African Congress in Paris in 1921. He returned to the US in the early 1920s and began teaching at Virginia Union University, a historically black college in Richmond. Read more at Wikipedia...

Born: 1897, Washington, D.C.
Died: 1982, "Washington, D.C."

Alternate Names: Logan, Rayford Whittingham, 1897-1982, Logan, Rayford W. (Rayford Whittingham), 1897-, Logan, Rayford, Logan, Rayford Whittingham (1897- )., Logan, Rayford W. (Rayford Whittingham), 1897-1982, Logan, Rayford W. 1897-1982 (Rayford Whittingham),, Logan, Rayford W. 1897-1982, Whittingham Logan, Rayford 1897-1982, Logan, Rayford, 1897-, Logan, Rayford 1897-1982, Whittingham Logan, Rayford 1897-, Logan, R. W. 1897- (Rayford Whittingham),, Logan, R. W. 1897-, Logan, Rayford W., Logan, R. W., Whittingham Logan, Rayford, Rayford Whittingham Logan
Occupation(s): African, African American civil rights workers, African American college teachers, African American historians, African American soldiers, Educators, Historians, Human rights workers, historian, professor
Employer(s): Howard University
Associated Place(s): Africa, Washington (D.C.), United States, Haiti, France, Massachusetts--Williamstown
Associated Subject(s):  Teaching, World War, 1914-1918, Lectures and lecturing, African Americans, African Americans--Civil rights, Race discrimination, African Americans--History, International relations, Universities and colleges, Civil rights

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