Walter A, Gordon was the first African American to receive a doctorate of law from UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall law school. He had an extremely long and varied career where he served as a police officer, lawyer, assistant football coach, member of the California Adult Authority, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, and a Federal District Judge. [Wikipedia] Portraits of college and university graduates in the African American community published in The Crisis Magazine, May, 1922, page 173. Column 1 from the top: L.P. Miller, William A. Johnson, Ida L. Jackson, Warren W. Williams. Column 2 from the top: S.M. Greene, H. Herod, Vivian Osborne-Marsh, Walter O. Gordon. Column 3 from the top: Mrs. C. R. Foster (A.B., Roger Williams), Mattie H. Rowan, Birdia M. Williams, Isa M. Gittens. Column 4 from the top: C; L. Moxley, Jr., Howard D. Dugran, Julia V. Johnson, H. B. Campbell. Vivian Osborne-Marsh was born in Houston, Texas, and received her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley. She founded the Berkeley campus’ Kappa Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. She went on to found several other chapters. Two major projects that she organized were the Traveling Library, which provided books to rural portions of Georgia, and Teen Lift, which provided opportunities for underprivileged teenagers to visit events such as symphonies and operas. She was involved in many civic organizations. On February 21, 1981, the mayor of Berkeley honored her contributions by declaring it to be Vivian Osborne Marsh Day. The Crisis is the official magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). It was founded in 1910 and it is the oldest black publication in the world. Today, The Crisis is "a quarterly journal of civil rights, history, politics and culture and seeks to educate and challenge its readers about issues that continue to plague African Americans and other communities of color." Ida Louise Jackson was the first African American teacher in Oakland Public Schools. She earned her Master's Degree from the University of California at Berkeley (1925), where she founded the Rho chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first African American sorority at Berkeley, and her doctorate from Columbia University. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is an African American women’s’ Greek organization that was founded at Howard University in 1913. Delta Sigma Theta creates programming to improve political, educational, and social and economic conditions within black communities.
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African American civic leaders African American Greek letter societies African American college graduates Crisis Magazine Jackson, Ida Louise, 1902-1966 Marsh, Vivian Osborne, 1897-1986 Williams, Birdia M Foster, C. R., Mrs Johnson, Julia V Williams, Warren W Gittens, Isa M Herod, H Campbell, H. B Miller, L. P Dugran, Howard D Rowan, Mattie H Moxley Jr., C. L Johnson, William A Green, Senola Maxwell Reeves, 1898-1969 Gordon, Walter A. (Walter Arthur), 1894-1976
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