- Lorenzo Greene
Dr. Lorenzo Johnston Greene (1899-1988) taught
history at Lincoln University inJefferson City, Missouri from 1933 - 1972. His book, "Missouri’s Black Heritage", co-authored byAntonio Holland andGary Kremer , was a pioneering work on theAfrican_American experience inMissouri . He co-authored several works and his historical diaries and notes have been used in other historical texts, such as "Selling Black History for Carter G. Woodson". He worked withCarter Woodson , who was known as the "Father of Black History".Timeline
* 1899, Nov.16 Born,
Ansonia, Connecticut
* 1924 B.A., Howard University, Washington, D.C.
* 1926 M.A. in history, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
* 1928 - 1933 Field representative and research assistant to Carter G. Woodson, director, Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Washington, D.C.
* 1930 Published with Carter G. Woodson "The Negro Wage Earner" Washington, D.C.: Associated Publishers. 388 pp.)
* 1931 Published with Myra C. Callis "The Employment of Negroes" in the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.: Associated Publishers. 89 pp.)
* 1933 - 1972 Instructor and professor of history, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Mo.
* 1942Ph.D. in history, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. Published "The Negro in Colonial New England", 1620-1776 (New York: Columbia University Press. 404 pp.) Married Thomasina Tally
* 1955 Chairman, program committee, Association for the Study of Negro Life and History annual meeting, Los Angeles, Calif.
* 1947 - 1956 Editor, "Midwest Journal", Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Mo.
* 1964 Chairman, program committee, Association for the Study of Negro Life and History annual meeting, Detroit, Mich.
* 1959 - 1961 Chairman, SubCommittee on Education, Missouri Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights
* 1965 - 1966 President, Association for the Study of Negro Life and History
* 1971 HonoraryLH.D. , University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
* 1971 - 1972 Director, Institute for Drop-Out Prevention and Teacher Orientation, Jefferson City, Mo.
* 1972 - 1974 Director, Institute to Facilitate Desegregation in Kansas City Public Schools, Kansas City, Mo.
* 1980 Published with Antonio F. Holland and Gary Kremer "Missouri's Black Heritage" (St. Louis: Forum Press. 195 pp.)
* 1988, Jan. 24 Died,Jefferson City, Missouri
* 1988 Posthumous publication of "Working with Carter G. Woodson, the Father of Black History", a Diary, 1928-30 (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 487 pp.)ee also
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African American history External links
* [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/africanamerican/intro.asp Missouri's African American History]
* [http://www.chipublib.org/002branches/woodson/woodsonbib.html Carter Woodson, Father of Black History]
* [http://courses.smsu.edu/ftm922f/docstory.htm Oh Freedom, After Awhile] . A sharecropper's history. Dr. Greene influenced university students to help the sharecroppers of 1939.
* [http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/guide/african.html African-American History and Culture]
* [http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/text/greene.html Lorenzo Johnston Greene: A Registry of His Papers]
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