Stephen J. Wright
Born
Stephen Junius Wright Jr.

September 8, 1910[1]
Dillon, South Carolina
DiedApril 16, 1996(1996-04-16) (aged 85)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Alma materHampton University
Howard University
New York University
OccupationUniversity administrator
Known forPresident of Fisk University (1957–1966)
SpouseRosalind Wright

Stephen Junius Wright Jr. (September 8, 1910 – April 16, 1996)[2] was an American academic administrator. He served as the seventh president of Fisk University, a historically black university in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1957 to 1966.[3][4] He was also the president of the United Negro College Fund.[5] In 1960, Wright served on a committee chaired by Madison Sarratt to put an end to the Nashville sit-ins.[6]

Wright served on the National Commission for Libraries appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. [7]

References

  1. ^ U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
  2. ^ "Stephen J. Wright Presidential Papers 1957–1966" (PDF). Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  3. ^ "Stephen Wright, 85; Led in Education for Blacks". The New York Times. April 19, 1996. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  4. ^ "Stephen J. Wright Jr. Dies". The Washington Post. April 20, 1996. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  5. ^ Benavides, Lisa (April 20, 1996). "Stephen Wright dies; a former Fisk president". The Tennessean. p. 3. Retrieved January 26, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Houston, Benjamin (2012). The Nashville Way: Racial Etiquette and the Struggle for Social Justice in a Southern City. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. pp. 106–107. ISBN 9780820343266. OCLC 940632744.
  7. ^ Knight, Douglas N. and Nourse, E. Shepley; Libraries At Large: Tradition, Innovation, and the National Interest, New York, R. R. Bowker, 1969.


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