In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Freddye T. Davy, 1933-2012

She was director of the Honors College at Hampton University. This spring the college was renamed in her honor.

In Memoriam: Marion Henry, 1927-2012

Professor Henry had served on the faculty at Prairie View A&M University for 56 years.

In Memoriam: Wesley Anthony Brown (1927-2012)

In 1949 Brown became the first African American graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

In Memoriam: Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach (1922-2012)

A giant in the battle for civil rights in this country, as deputy attorney general during the Kennedy administration he confronted Alabama Governor George Wallace in the schoolhouse door.

In Memoriam: Frank Toby Martin (1951-2012)

He had served as an associate professor of art at Spelman College since 1987.

In Memoriam: Zeb Ferdinand Poindexter Jr. (1929-2012)

He was the first African American graduate and the first African American faculty member at the University of Texas Dental Branch.

In Memoriam: Bertha D. Minus

Since 2009, she served as vice president for academic affairs at Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Florida.

In Memoriam: LeRoy Tashreau Walker (1918-2012)

Chancellor emeritus at North Carolina Central University, he was the first African American president of the U.S. Olympic Committee.

In Memoriam: Ernest D. Brown Jr. (1947-2012)

The longtime Williams College professor founded the college's Kusika African Dance and Drumming Ensemble and the Zambezi Marimba Band.

In Memoriam: Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012)

The granddaughter of slaves, she taught at Dillard University and the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

In Memoriam: John T. McCartney (1938-2012)

He was a longtime professor of government and law and former chair of the Africana studies program at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.

In Memoriam: John A. Payton (1946-2012)

Upon hearing of Payton’s death, NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous stated, “John Payton was one of the greatest civil rights lawyers our nation has ever had and our world has ever known.”

In Memoriam: Norris Stevenson (1939-2012)

He was the first Black player to receive at football scholarship at the University of Missouri. He coached track at the college level for 30 years.

In Memoriam: LaMont Fernal Toliver (1963-2012)

He was the director of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program and assistant dean of undergraduate studies at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

In Memoriam: Marcellus Brooks (1941-2012)

Brooks spent his entire professional career at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee.

In Memoriam: Willie M. Burnett (1941-2012)

His career at the Tuskegee University Office of Alumni Affairs spanned more than 40 years.

In Memoriam: Robert Belton (1935-2012)

He was the first tenured African American professor at Vanderbilt Law School.

In Memoriam: Mable Parker McLean (1922-2012)

She was the first woman president of Barber-Scotia College, a historically Black educational institution in Concord, North Carolina.

In Memoriam: Cleveland Donald Jr. (1946-2012)

A longtime educator, he was the second African American graduate of the University of Mississippi.

In Memoriam: Thomas C. Cox (1939-2011)

A history scholar, he taught at the University of Southern California from 1982 to 2008.
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