TRT-BLACK FACT = (1868) John Hope

Black Fact = 1868- John Hope, educator and Morehouse President, was born on this date in 1868.
Born in Augusta, Georgia, John Hope graduated from Brown and, after teaching for some years, became the first African-American president of Morehouse College. … Having also directed college affiliations under Atlanta University, Hope died on February 20, 1936.He and colleague W.E.B. Du Bois shared a fervent belief in acquiring educational opportunities for black citizens.

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