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Born:
June 2, 1868, Augusta, Ga., U.S.
Died:
Feb. 20, 1936, Atlanta, Ga. (aged 67)
Founder:
Niagara Movement
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John Hope (born June 2, 1868, Augusta, Ga., U.S.—died Feb. 20, 1936, Atlanta, Ga.) was an American educator and advocate of advanced liberal-arts instruction for Black students at a time when the opposing views of Booker T. Washington for technical training held sway. Hope became the president of Atlanta University, the first graduate school for Black students, and he was one of the founders of the Niagara Movement, which was a forerunner of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Hope was the son of a white father and a Black mother. In 1894 he graduated from ...(100 of 301 words)

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