john+hope

About me~ //posted at 11:35 February 18 1936// My name is John Hope. I was born in 1868 in Georgia. My father's name is James Hope and my mother's name is Mary Frances Butts. It was against the law at the time for whites and blacks to marry, but my father and mother never hid their love for each other. My dad died in 1876. After his death I was forced to quit school in the eighth grade. I loved knowledge and school  so I went back to school five years later. In 1894 I earned a Bachelor's Degree at Brown University in Rhode Island. After that I went on to teach  at many different universities. I taught at Roger Williams Universityand Atlanta Baptist College. In 1897 I married Lugenia Burns . While in Atlanta I met Booker T. Washington and W.E.B duBois. They, like me, supported black civil rights . I have worked my entire life with black civil rights leaders, but lately I have started feeling run down. I think this cold I have is catching up with me. I like moonlit strolls on the beach, tofu, tiki torches, my wife, and ducks. I dislike people who dislike civil rights, turkeys, the number 13, and hypoctites, and colds.

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Achievments: I was a teacher at Roger Williams University first before I became the first black president of Morehouse College and Atlanta University. I was important in black college education.

Activities: learning and teaching, supporter of civil rights for blacks. (education, housing, jobs, healthcare, recreational facilities)

Friends: Booker T. Washington W. E. B. Du Bouis Lugenia Hope

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