John S. Wright | |
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Born | 1946 |
Academic background | |
Education | University of Minnesota (BA, MA, PhD) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | African American &African Studies |
Institutions | University of Minnesota |
John Samuel Wright (born 1946) is an American sociologist and professor emeritus of African American and African studies and English at the University of Minnesota. He founded the Department of African American and African Studies at the university in 1969. [1] [2]
Brooklyn Center is a first-ring suburban city in Hennepin County,Minnesota,United States in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. In 1911,the area became a village formed from parts of Brooklyn Township and Crystal Lake Township. In 1966,Brooklyn Center became a charter city. The city has commercial and industrial development. The majority of land use is single-family homes. The population was 33,782 at the 2020 census,and the city has become the most ethnically diverse community in the state.
Meharry Medical College is a private historically black medical school affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located in Nashville,Tennessee. Founded in 1876 as the Medical Department of Central Tennessee College,it was the first medical school for African Americans in the South. While the majority of African Americans lived in the South,they were excluded from many public and private racially segregated institutions of higher education,particularly after the end of Reconstruction.
Wilberforce University is a private historically black university in Wilberforce,Ohio. Affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME),it was the first college to be owned and operated by African Americans. Central State University,also in Wilberforce,Ohio,began as a department of Wilberforce University. The college was founded in 1856 to provide classical education and teacher training for black youth. It was named for the English statesman William Wilberforce,who achieved the end of the slave trade in the British Empire.
Theodore Sedgwick Wright (1797–1847),sometimes Theodore Sedgewick Wright,was an African-American abolitionist and minister who was active in New York City,where he led the First Colored Presbyterian Church as its second pastor. He was the first African American to attend Princeton Theological Seminary,from which he graduated in 1828 or 1829. In 1833 he became a founding member of the American Anti-Slavery Society,an interracial group that included Samuel Cornish,a Black Presbyterian,and many Congregationalists,and served on its executive committee until 1840.
Usonia is a term that was used by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright to refer to the United States in general,and more specifically to his vision for the landscape of the country,including the planning of cities and the architecture of buildings. Wright proposed the use of the adjective Usonian to describe the particular New World character of the American landscape as distinct and free of previous architectural conventions.
Marian Wright Edelman is an American activist for civil rights and children's rights. She is the founder and president emerita of the Children's Defense Fund. She influenced leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr,and Hillary Clinton.
John,Johnny,or Johnnie Wright may refer to:
Eileen Jackson Southern was an American musicologist,researcher,author,and teacher. Southern's research focused on black American musical styles,musicians,and composers;she also published on early music.
Samuel Wright Bodman III was an American businessman,engineer,and politician who served as the 11th United States Secretary of Energy during the George W. Bush administration,from 2005 to 2009. He was also,at different times,the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and the Deputy Secretary of Commerce.
The 35th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government,consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington,D.C. from March 4,1857,to March 4,1859,during the first two years of James Buchanan's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1850 United States census. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.
Bruce Henricksen,American author,scholar,and editor,grew up in the town of Wanamingo,Minnesota and the city of Minneapolis.
John Merton Aldrich was an American entomologist. Aldrich was the Associate Curator of Insects at the United States National Museum. He is considered one of the most prolific entomologists in the study of flies.
Wilhelmina Marie Wright is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. She is the only jurist in Minnesota's history to be state district court judge,appellate court judge and state supreme court justice. She was formerly an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court,a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals,and a judge of the Minnesota District Court,Second Judicial District.
Roderick Ferguson is Professor of Women's,Gender,and Sexuality Studies and American Studies at Yale University. He was previously professor of African American and Gender and Women's Studies in the African American Studies Department at the University of Illinois,Chicago. His scholarship includes work on African-American literature,queer theory and queer studies,classical and contemporary social theory,African-American intellectual history,sociology of race and ethnic relations,and black cultural theory. Among his contributions to queer theory,Ferguson is credited with coining the term Queer of Color Critique,which he defines as "...interrogat[ion] of social formations as the intersections of race,gender,sexuality,and class,with particular interest in how those formations correspond with and diverge from nationalist ideals and practices. Queer of color analysis is a heterogeneous enterprise made up of women of color feminism,materialist analysis,poststructuralist theory,and queer critique." Ferguson is also known for his critique of the modern university and the corporatization of higher education.
The 1989 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Cyclone Stadium in Ames,Iowa. They participated as members of the Big Eight Conference. The team was led by third-year head coach Jim Walden.
Herbert Edgar Wright Jr. was an American Quaternary scientist. He contributed to the understanding of landscape history and environmental changes over the past 100,000 years in many parts of the world. He studied arid-region geomorphology and landscape evolution,as well as glacial geology and climate history. His study of these topics led him to the study of vegetation development and environmental history and allowed him to define the timing and mechanisms of climate-driven vegetational shifts in North America during the last 18,000 years and to recognize the role of natural fire in the dynamics of northern coniferous forests. He applied these insights to wilderness conservation and landscape management. He covered many other aspects of paleoecology including lake development and paleolimnology,and the history and development of the vast patterned peatlands of Minnesota and elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere. Although his work was concentrated in Minnesota,he was also involved in a major synthesis of global paleoclimatology. Beyond Minnesota and the Great Lakes region,Wright studied a wide range of research questions elsewhere in North America,and in the Near East,Europe,Asia,Latin America,and Antarctica. He advised over 75 graduate students and mentored many more students,visitors,and colleagues worldwide.
Oberlin Academy Preparatory School,originally Oberlin Institute and then Preparatory Department of Oberlin College,was a private preparatory school in Oberlin,Ohio which operated from 1833 until 1916. It opened as Oberlin Institute which became Oberlin College in 1850. The secondary school serving local and boarding students continued as a department of the college. The school and college admitted African Americans and women. This was very unusual and controversial. It was located on the Oberlin College campus for much of its history and many of its students continued on to study at Oberlin College. Various alumni and staff went on to notable careers.
Nicholas Wright Gillham was an American geneticist who served as the James B. Duke Professor of Biology at Duke University. In addition to his scientific research,he is known for his 2001 biography of Francis Galton,A Life of Sir Francis Galton:From African Exploration to the Birth of Eugenics.
Quintard Taylor is a historian,founder of BlackPast.org,an online encyclopedia dedicated to provide public with information concerning African-American history,and former professor of University of Washington.