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Francis, Norman C.  

Twinette L. Ackerson

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15 March 2013
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31 May 2013

educator, activist, and lawyer, was born in Lafayette, Louisiana, one of five children. Francis's father, Joseph A. Francis, a barber who owned his own business, was known around town as “Mr. Joe the Barber.” Though his father and mother, a homemaker, provided the necessities for their children, they were considered poor for the times. In what could be considered a foreshadowing of Francis's lifelong career path, his parents believed strongly in the benefits and importance of education for their children. They expressed that belief by sending their children to Catholic schools and making sure they kept up with their studies.

Francis attended Saint Paul Catholic High School in Lafayette, Louisiana. He was the class president and valedictorian. After graduating from Saint Paul in 1948, Francis entered Xavier University of New Orleans. In 1952 he earned his BA degree from Xavier and enrolled in Loyola ...

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Glover, Nathaniel, Jr.  

Kelsey Schurer and Marina Reasoner

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29 February 2012

sheriff and college president, was born in Jacksonville, Florida. His father, Nathaniel Glover Sr., was a part-time Baptist pastor, and his mother, Arsie Singletary Glover, cleaned houses; together they raised five children in a two-room house in downtown Jacksonville. As a boy, Glover worked to provide funds for his family, first selling copies of the city's black newspaper, and later working at a local cafe. While walking home from work in 1960 Glover encountered a crowd of white segregationists protesting against the integration of the food counter at the cafe The group noticed he was a dishwasher and clubbed him with an ax handle When he appealed to a white officer for help Glover was told to Get out of town The incident was a defining moment in Glover s life and he became resolved that it might have been prevented had his tormentors been given proper ...

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Stone, Jesse  

SaFiya D. Hoskins

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15 March 2013
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31 May 2013

attorney, educator, was born Jesse Nealand Stone Jr. in Gibsland, Louisiana, Bienville Parish, son of Jesse Nealand Stone Sr. and Ola King Stone. His father was an educator in African American schools during the period of segregation in Webster Parish, where the family moved after the birth of their son. As a boy in Louisiana, Stone had witnessed an African American man tied to a tree and whipped nearly to death by a group of white men. He attended Webster High School in Minden, Louisiana, and upon graduating enrolled at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a historically black university, where he earned his undergraduate degree. Subsequently, he enrolled at the Southern University School of Law, established in 1947, where in 1950 he was among six students in the first ever graduating class from the university s law school Also among notable graduates of the ...

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Turner, Benner C.  

Travis Boyce

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15 March 2013
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31 May 2013

attorney, and college president was born Benner Creswill Turner in Columbus, Georgia, to Dr. Edwin J. Turner and Lila Mae Benner. His father was a respected medical doctor and community leader.

As a child, Turner excelled in the Columbus public school system. Wanting his son to have the best education and a pipeline to Harvard Law School, Dr. Turner sent young Turner to Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1919. During his four years at Phillips Academy, Turner excelled athletically and academically. He was a member of the varsity wrestling team where he was noted for wrestling “remarkably well” (Phillips Academy's Pot Pourri, 1923). Turner was also well known and respected for his academic excellence. One year he was voted “class grind” (the hardest worker) by his classmates. During the spring of 1923 Turner graduated from the Classical Department at Phillips Academy with honors ...