Thomas Wyatt Turner
American civil rights activist and biologist
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Thomas Wyatt Turner was an American civil rights activist, biologist, and educator. He was the first Black American to receive a Ph.D. in botany, and helped found both the NAACP and the Federated Colored Catholics. Wikipedia
Born: March 16, 1877, Hughesville, MD
Died: April 21, 1978 (age 101 years), Washington, D.C.
Education: Cornell University and Howard University
Thomas Wyatt Turner (March 16, 1877 – April 21, 1978) was an American civil rights activist, biologist, and educator. He was the first Black American to ...
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Botanist, STEM educator and civil rights activist. The Thomas Wyatt Turner Fellowship at Cornell University honors the life and legacy of Thomas Wyatt Turner, ...
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Feb 12, 2024 · For Dr. Thomas Wyatt Turner, there was simply no limit to his dreams. Because of his tenacity, his botany, and civil rights efforts paved ...
Feb 22, 2023 · Today, we recognize Thomas Wyatt Turner (1877 – 1978), an American civil rights activist, biologist, and educator who helped shape the ...
TURNER, THOMAS WYATT Biologist, educator, pioneer leader of African American Catholics; b. March 16, 1877, Hughesville, Md.; d. April 21, 1978, Washington, ...
Feb 10, 2022 · Thomas Wyatt Turner, Ph.D. 1921 was the first Black person at Cornell to earn a doctorate and the first Black person in the nation to earn a ...
Jul 1, 2021 · Thomas Wyatt Turner was born in 1877 in Hughesville, Maryland to a family of Catholic former slaves turned sharecroppers.
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This is a memoir of a sharecropper's son who used his strong native intelligence and excellent networking capabilities to ultimately support the improvement of ...