Romeo Benjamin Garrett | |
Birth Date: | 2 February 1910 |
Birth Place: | Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, US |
Death Date: | 23 March 2000 (aged 90) |
Death Place: | East Peoria, Tazewell County, Illinois, US |
Spouse: | Naomi Sanders Garrett |
Romeo Benjamin Garrett (2 February 1910 – 23 March 2000) was a professor of sociology at Bradley University. He was the first black teacher to be hired by the university.[1]
Garrett was born in 1910 in Mississippi. He received his bachelor's degree from Straight University before moving to Peoria, Illinois, to attend Bradley University. There, he obtained his master's degree and became a professor shortly after. He is the husband of Naomi Sanders Garrett.
Garrett died at Rosewood Care Center in East Peoria, Illinois, on March 23, 2000, at the age of 90.