The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-02-14

HONORABLE JOHN c. oAncY - Editor ond teodsr
ls.7-Ie2ol-Dsncy attended Howard university. where
he became teacher when he was only II years old
After serving in the Treasury Department. he assumed
charge of the public schools in Iarboro Dancy va
also active writer politician and religious worker
Presidents Harrison and Mckinley appointed him
Collector of Internal Revenue and President Roose
welt made him Recorder of Deeds. DanCy ecrured
extensively in England. Ireland. Scotland and Wales
WILLIAM MONROE rRoTrtR-Fomovs Worker for tqVo'
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. was the hrst Negro mem
Der of the Harvard Phi Beta Kappa After entering
the real estate business in Boston. he published and
edited The BOno1 GDardian-today one of the oldesi
and most influential Negro publications in the United
States In 1918 Trouet sent 10 Paris to file
petition with the World Peace Conference in the inter
est of the Cooted World DEMOCRACY Congress And he
conducted hearings before the United States Senate
gsrding additional covenants in the League OF Nations
oANItI wtssrIR DAVIS = LeetUrsr - Poet = orotor
Uso7-IqI3l-DaviS vas famous contributor TO the
rich background of Negro history literature oratory
and religion He published number OF celebrated
poems and wrote Negro history which was used As
a text in Richmond public schools In 1000 the Cen
trail Lyoeum Bureau New York engaged his services
for month reading tour. using his own 'eieTIonS
ELIAS c moReIs-Leoder In tdveatIon and Religion
us55-lo27l-One of the most illuStrouS Negro edu
catonal and religious leaders was Elias 1 Morris 81;
He established and edited the FIRST religious paper pun
lished bv Negroes in Arkansas and founded the
A,k,nsas Babtist COLLEGE When the American
National Education Convention Joined the Foreign
Mission Convention form the National BaruT
Convention of the United States in 1895. Morris va,
elected presldent-s position he held until his death
ALEXANDER stRotYvIcH pUsHkIh - creote" OF Ihs
Russian Poets-I799-ls37l-Afterc completing his edu
cation the Imperial Lyceum at lSatkoe Selo Russia
Pu<hkin became q clerk in the Ministry OF Foreign
Affairs revolutionary movement resulted IN his
Punishment 20 ooloo1ine bureau IN South Russia
The life in BesSsrabis the Cfimea and Odessa stun
i'm and here fOONed the productive
wears of his life He became noted for dramatic a.
we'll as lyric poetry Three Of his most eminent works
are Ergeni OHeRf1, Borf5 CodHnoW and Ibe bronze
HOrSemA1
JOHN Willis mEhARD-FirH Negro TO moks Speech
in Congress Menatd attended iberia College 10
1862 he was appointed a cerkShip in the Depart
ment of the Interior-the first Colored man to hold
such post in Washington In 1903 he moved TO
New Orleans where he held several impressive pot
ical positions and published newspaper called fbs
Radical Standard A few years later. when Menards
election to Congress contested he spoke IN his de
tense before that body This the first time Negro
had ever delivered speech in Congress
JoHh MERRIck Pioneer In Bvsines - tls59-I9i9l-
Foremost among the businesses Merrfek organized
were the Mechanics and Farmers Bank IN Durham Ito
day the largest Negro bank in the world, with re-
sources of over a million dollars and the North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company (which in
1888 employed lI53 persons throughout the United
StateSD
WILLIAM s. SCARBOROUGH An ovtstondins Negro
Idveotor- (iss4-I97o)- Dr. W S. Scarborough was
noted for his impressive contributions Greek liter
AZURE as well his fascinating articles about Negro
folk A graduate Of Oberin, he at one time was
president of Wilberforoe University Of the lead
ing Negro schools of the day.
FRANCOIS DOMINIQUE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES o n
-mertyr tlI45-Iso -Ioussaint the military
cheftain and Of Haiti who gave the Negro
his hrs independent government in any land beyond
the bounds of Africa After successful inSurrecton
in 1901, he gave Santo Domingo q constitution by
which he assumed supreme authority and the privilege
of naming his successor A year later he was seized
while in conference aboard a French vessel and was
taken to a dungeon Joux. France. He died of pneu.
monia in 1908. The valot of Toussaint oele-
brated in prose and poetry wadsworth sonnet,
Whittier longer poem; and Wendell Phillips made
him the subject of brilliant address.
IorT chRET-Firr Amerieon Mitsionery 10 Afrieo -
u1so-Is7sl-Jsnuary %, 1920 a momentous day
in the life of Lott Carey great Christian pioneer for it
was then the age of 40 that he sailed for Sierra
Leone as the FIRST American Missionary to Africa
He was born a slave in Richmond. Va n 1850.
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