Charles H. Parrish Jr.
Charles Henry Parrish, Jr. (* 1899 in Louisville , Kentucky ; † October 9, 1989 ibid) was an American sociologist and the first African-American professor at the University of Louisville and civil rights activist .
The son of the former slave Charles Henry Parrish Sr. (* 1841), who was himself chairman of Simmons College, which was exclusively for blacks, received an excellent education and studied pedagogy and sociology at the University of Chicago . Like his father, he was also an elite college for blacks, the 1930 founded Louisville Municipal College, and enjoyed general esteem. In the 1950s, parts of the local educational landscape in Louisville were incorporated into the campus .
As a result, Charles H. Parrish Jr., a renowned sociologist and lifelong advocate of black civil rights from Louisville Municipal College, where previously only blacks were enrolled , became the first black professor at a "white" college in the south. There he held the chair of sociology from 1959 and openly cultivated his relationships with the civil rights movement without being attacked by his white colleagues.
literature
- Lawrence H. Williams: The Educational Career of Charles H. Parrish Jr., 1899-1989, Louisville, Ky. 2001
- Lawrence H. Williams: The Charles H. Parrishes: pioneers in African-American religion and education, 1880–1989 , Lewiston, NY, 2003, ISBN 0-7734-6907-9
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| SURNAME | Parrish, Charles H. Jr. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Parrish, Charles Henry Junior (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sociologist and civil rights activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Louisville , Kentucky , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 9, 1989 |
| Place of death | Louisville , Kentucky , USA |