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Lawrence Dunbar Reddick (March 3, 1910 – August 2, 1995) was an African-American historian and professor who wrote the first biography of Martin Luther King Jr., strengthened major archives of African-American history resources at Atlanta University Center and the New York Public Library, and was fired by Alabama's state board of education for his support for student sit-ins at Alabama State ...
Martin Marc Cummings, MD (1920-2011), was director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) from 1964 to 1983, and subsequently Distinguished Professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine. During his two decades at the NLM, it was transformed into a unique international biomedical communications center and one of the most advanced ...
Alabama State University (ASU, Bama State, or Alabama State) is a public historically black university in Montgomery, Alabama. Founded in 1867, during the Reconstruction era , it was one of about 180 " normal schools " established by state governments in the 19th century to train teachers for the rapidly growing public common schools.
Pratt Institute: School of Information and Library Science; CUNY (Queens College): Graduate School of Library and Information Studies; St. John's University: Library and Information Science; State University of New York (Albany): College of Computing and Information (Information Studies Department)
In 1974, the Jefferson County, Alabama Personnel Board signed a consent decree that required them to hire and promote African-American firefighters. Wilks, a white fireman, took issue with the agreement, claiming that he and other white firefighters (who were not parties to the original consent decrees signed in 1974) were more qualified than some of the black firefighters receiving promotions.
He was inducted into the University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences Hall of Fame in 2004 and into the Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame in 2006. In 2007, the Alabama Center for Civic Life was renamed in his honor as the David Mathews Center for Civic Life. He is the recipient of 17 honorary degrees.
Martin contacted the facility numerous times to request that Derrek be transferred to protective custody but was told that those facilities were full. In December, Martin received the call she had ...
On the day of the shooting, Bishop taught her anatomy and neurosciences class at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). A student later said Bishop "seemed perfectly normal" during the lecture. [3] Bishop then attended a biology department faculty meeting on the third floor of the Shelby Center for Science and Technology.