Clement Richardson Explained

Clement Richardson
Office:President of Lincoln University
Birth Date:1878
Death Date:December
Birth Place:Halifax County, Virginia, U.S.
Children:4
Spouse:Ida J. Rivers
Termstart:1918
Termend:1922
Predecessor:Benjamin F. Allen
Successor:Inman E. Page
Occupation:Professor, university president, author, editor
Education:Mount Hermon School,
Brown University
Alma Mater:Harvard University

Clement Richardson (1878 – December 1949) was an American professor, college president, and author. An African American, he served as president of Lincoln Institute in Jefferson City, Missouri from 1918 until 1922.[1] He edited The National Cyclopedia of the Colored Race[2] which includes a profile on him.[3]

Early life and education

Clement Richardson was born in 1878 in Halifax County, Virginia.[4] He attended White Oak Grove Country School and tilled tobacco. He moved to Massachusetts for access to more education, initially working in tanning and farming, before attending the boys' school at Mount Hermon School (now Northfield Mount Hermon School).[5]

For three years he attended Brown University, before transferring. Richardson graduated from Harvard University in 1907, one six African Americans graduating that year.[6]

Career

Richardson worked as a correspondent for many newspapers and magazines including The Boston Daily Globe;[7] work that continued throughout his entire life.

He was the director of the department of English literature and rhetoric of Morehouse College in Atlanta in 1908.[8] In 1908, Richardson joined the faculty of Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) as the head of the English department. He wrote a pamphlet titled "Extension Work" while at Tuskegee Institute.[9]

From 1918 to 1922, Richardson served as the president of Lincoln Institute.[10] Lincoln Institute became Lincoln University during his tenure as its president.[11] In 1919, he was participant at a convention of African American educators in Jefferson City, many of the presentations were affiliated to the Negro Educational Congress.[12] In 1919, he missed a Negro State Teachers event due to coal shortages at the school and in Missouri.[13]

In 1922 he was to visit Richmond, Virginia.[14]

Clement Richardson Fine Arts Center and Auditorium

The Clement Richardson Fine Arts Center was building was constructed at Lincoln University in 1956.[15] The auditorium / theater wing was under construction in 1958.[16] The Arts Center has hosted events.[17] [18]

Writings

about Tuskegee Institute's 34th year of existence
about commencement as Tuskegee Institute various related events

Personal life

Richardson was married in 1908 to Ida J. Rivers, and had four daughters. He died in December 1949.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Parks, Arnold G. . Lincoln University: 1920-1970 . 2012-09-18 . Arcadia Publishing . 978-1-4396-1892-9 . 31–32 . en.
  2. Book: Holland . Antonio Frederick . Nathan B. Young and the Struggle Over Black Higher Education . 2006 . University of Missouri Press . 978-0-8262-6550-0 . 123 .
  3. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=b9mJ6sT-1bAC&dq=%22clement+richardson%22&pg=PA208 . The National Cyclopedia of the Colored Race . January 8, 1919 . National Publishing Company . Richardson . Clement . Clement Richardson . Google Books.
  4. News: December 26, 1949 . Clement Richardson Dies . 12 . . Newspapers.com.
  5. Book: Secretary's Fourth Report, Harvard College Class of 1907 . 1917 . Plimpton Press . 309 . en.
  6. News: July 14, 1907 . Colored Students At Harvard . 29 . . Newspapers.com.
  7. Book: Bailey . Richard . They Too Call Alabama Home: African American Profiles, 1800-1999 . 1999 . Pyramid . 978-0-9671883-0-0 . 323 .
  8. Rudder . Justin A. . Grassroots Historians and African American Historiography in Alabama . Alabama Review . 2019 . 72 . 4 . 259–300 . . 10.1353/ala.2019.0034 .
  9. Web site: Humanities . National Endowment for the . May 29, 1920 . The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, May 29, 1920, Image 1 . chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
  10. News: 1918-07-27 . New President Lincoln University Visits City . The Kansas City Sun (Kansas City, Mo.) Image 3 . 2023-03-07 . 2166-8329 . Chronicling America, National Endowment for the Humanities.
  11. Marshall . Albert . Soldiers' dream: a centennial history of Lincoln University of Missouri . Lu History Book Collection . 1966 . 11 .
  12. Web site: April 5, 1919 . Negros Hold Convention . The Kansas City Sun . 4 . Chronicling America, National Endowment for the Humanities.
  13. Web site: December 5, 1919 . Baha'i Louis Gregory substituted for Clement Richardson . Black Dispatch . 1 . newspapers.com.
  14. Web site: April 22, 1922 . Hold Installation . Richmond Planet . 4 . Chronicling America.
  15. Book: The Physical Plant . Official Manual of the State of Missouri . 1969 . Secretary of State . 610 . https://mdh.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/bluebook/id/41974/rec/48 .
  16. Web site: College Art Journal. March 7, 1957. College Art Association of America. Google Books.
  17. Web site: Jefferson City News And Tribune Archives, Oct 19, 1958, p. 5. 19 October 1958 .
  18. Web site: Official Manual for Years .... Missouri Office of the Secretary of. State. March 7, 1959. Secretary of State. Google Books.