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Dr. Oscar James Cooper (1888–1972) was a physician and African-American cultural leader. He is known for cofounding Omega Psi Phi in Washington, D.C. , the first fraternity founded by students at a historically black college .
Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on November 17, 1911, the first at a historically black university, by three Howard University students, Edgar Amos Love, Oscar James Cooper and Frank Coleman, and their faculty adviser, Dr. Ernest Everett Just.
Oscar James Cooper, co-founder of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. [citation needed] William Montague Cobb, physical anthropologist, anatomist, and educator. The first African-American Ph.D. in anthropology, [58] He was also the first African-American President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [59]
Among those instrumental in establishing the Pyramid Club were Woodley Wells, Alton C. Berry, George Drummond, Wilbur Strickland, Lewis Tanner Moore, Scholley Pace Alexander, Oscar James Cooper, Theodore O. Spaulding, Thomas Powell, and Walter Fitzgerald Jerrick. [9] Dr. Walter Fitzgerald Jerrick became president of the club.
[3] [1] While at Howard, Love and two other students, Oscar James Cooper and Frank Coleman, established Omega Psi Phi Fraternity on November 17, 1911. Ernest Everett Just assisted the students in their endeavors. Love was a charter member for Howard's Alpha chapter on December 15, 1911, and served as its first Grand Basileus (president). [1] [8]
Oscar Henry Cooper, often referred to as O.H. Cooper, was born in Panola County, Texas, on November 22, 1852, to Dr. William Henry and Katherine Hunter (née Rosser) Cooper. [2] [4] In 1865, Cooper left Texas to study at Marshall University.
Oscar Cooper may refer to: Oscar H. Cooper , American educator, president of Baylor University, 1899–1902 Oscar James Cooper , African-American physician and cultural leader
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