Edmund Fitzgerald Fredericks Explained

Edmund Fitzgerald Fredericks (–1935) was a lawyer and educator from British Guiana.

Fredericks came to the United States to study to become a lawyer, settling in North Carolina in 1903.[1] He graduated from Shaw University in 1905.[2] He became the principal and teacher of the segregated Mooresville Colored School. He worked there until 1917, then moved to England, where he worked during World War I in the War Office. Fredericks became involved in the African Progress Union (APU). Fredericks served as a delegate to the first Pan-African Congress in 1919.[3] That same year, he returned to British Guiana.

Fredericks, along with Theodore Theophilus Nichols started the Negro Progress Convention (NPC) in 1922.[4] This organization was meant to assist Black people in British Guiana, and worldwide. In 1923, he was living in Georgetown, Guyana.[5] Fredericks created trade schools for young people and established scholarships for students to study at university.[6] Fredericks was also on Executive and Legislative Councils in British Guiana.[7]

Fredericks died at age 60 on April 6, 1935.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Deem . John . February 13, 2019 . Black History Month: Immigrant lawyer led Mooresville’s first school for African-Americans . 2023-04-19 . Lake Norman Publications.
  2. News: March 29, 1905 . Lawyer from Africa . 7 . The Morning Post . 2023-04-19 . Newspapers.com.
  3. Contee . Clarence G. . January 1972 . Du Bois, the NAACP, and the Pan-African Congress of 1919 . The Journal of Negro History . 57 . 1 . 22 . 10.2307/2717070 . 2717070 . registration.
  4. Web site: Westmaas . Nigel . August 22, 2021 . HISTORY: The Negro Progress Convention of Guyana (1922 – circa 1938) . 2023-04-19 . Guyanese Online . en.
  5. News: Goodman . J.A.B. . November 15, 1923 . Mooresville Plays Concord Friday—Conductor Atwell is Holding His Own—Meeting at Central Methodist Church—Personal Mention . 1 . Statesville Record And Landmark . 2023-04-19 . Newspapers.com.
  6. Web site: Granger . David A. . July 29, 2010 . Society: Waking the Dead . April 19, 2023 . Stabroek News.
  7. Web site: March 5, 2009 . Glimpses of Guyanese History . April 19, 2023 . Stabroek News.

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