African-American History Month

From the beginning, Roosevelt University welcomed African-Americans and others who were not welcome at other colleges and universities.  Many outstanding African-Americans have connections to Roosevelt University.

              

Chicago's first African-American mayor, Harold Washington attended Roosevelt University from 1946-1949, serving president of the Student Council. 

 

Pioneering African-American chemist Percy Julian was a Trustee at Roosevelt.

African-American Sociologist St. Clair Drake was a professor at Roosevelt from 1946 to 1968.

 

Linguist Lorenzo Turner, who did pioneering research on the Gullah language of coastal South Carolina and Georgia was a Professor of English at Roosevelt from 1946-1972.