Leedell Wallace Neyland

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Leedell Wallace Neyland (August 4, 1921 - June 6, 2020) was an educator and author in Florida. He was a professor emeritus of history, provost, and dean at Florida A&M University [1] where he joined in 1956 and retired in 1991. [2]

He was born in Gloster, Mississippi and served in the U.S. Navy. He was interviewed about his service in a recording kept at the Library of Congress. [3] He graduated from Virginia State University in 1949 and earned his Master's and Phd degrees from New York University. [1] He received a Danforth Teachers Grant. [4]

He worked at Grambling State University in Louisiana and then as dean of Leland College in Baker, Louisiana before moving on to Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina. He later worked at Florida A&M as a professor, provost, and dean. [1]

He wrote papers on various subjects including teaching Black history in schools, Florida A&M's business school, and Black land grant colleges and their role in agriculture and home economics. [5]

He wrote a novel about a fire at a Natchez, Mississippi club that he survived, but some 200 others did not. [6]

He advocated for black students to take more college entrance exams in Florida and called for improvements and investments to address educational gaps between white and black students. [7]

He married and had children. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "In Memorim: Leedell Wallace Neyland, 1921-2020". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. June 17, 2020.
  2. ↑ "FAMU's Neyland leaves behind a stack of history books". Tallahassee Democrat. 2006-04-30. pp. 1B, 2B . Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  3. ↑ "Leedell Wallace Neyland Collection". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  4. 1 2 Neyland, Leedell W. (November 26, 1970). "Twelve Black Floridians". Tallahassee, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Foundation – via Internet Archive.
  5. ↑ "Leedell W. Neyland's research works | Florida A&M University, FL (FAMU) and other places".
  6. ↑ "Book Briefs". Las Vegas Review-Journal. 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  7. ↑ "EDUCATOR URGING BLACKS TO TAKE COLLEGE EXAMS". February 28, 1986.
  8. ↑ "Remembering the life of KATRINA BROWN". obituaries.reviewjournal.com.
  9. ↑ Neyland, Leedell W. (November 26, 1958). "The Negro in Louisiana Since 1900: An Economic and Social Study/ Leedell Wallace Neyland". New York University. – via Google Books.
  10. ↑ Jackson, David H.; Elliott, Kimberlyn M. (2016). "African Americans in Florida, 1870-1920: A Historiographical Essay". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 95 (2): 186. ISSN   0015-4113. JSTOR   44955672.
  11. ↑ Callcott, George H. (1964). "Review of The History of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 43 (1): 72–73. ISSN   0015-4113. JSTOR   30140078.
  12. ↑ "Twelve Black Floridians, by Leedell W. Neyland". Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Foundation. November 26, 1970 – via Google Books.
  13. ↑ Hall, Willie B. (2021-02-25). "The Florida Interscholastic Athletic Association 1932-1968". Free Press of Jacksonville. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  14. ↑ "HIS COURAGE CHANGED BLACK ATHLETES' FUTURE". Orlando Sentinel. 1988-11-29. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
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