Stephen J. Wright Explained

Stephen J. Wright
Birth Name:	Stephen Junius Wright Jr.
Birth Date:	September 8, 1910^[1]
Birth Place:	Dillon, South Carolina
Death Place:	Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Known For:	President of Fisk University (1957–1966)
Occupation:	University administrator
Spouse:	Rosalind Wright

Stephen Junius Wright Jr. (September 8, 1910 – April 16, 1996)^[2] was an American academic administrator. He served as the seventh president of Fisk University, a historically black university in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1957 to 1966.^{[3] [4]} He was also the president of the United Negro College Fund.^[5] In 1960, Wright served on a committee chaired by Madison Sarratt to put an end to the Nashville sit-ins.^[6]

Wright served on the National Commission for Libraries appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. ^[7]

Notes and References

1. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
2. Web site: Stephen J. Wright Presidential Papers 1957–1966 . February 3, 2018.
3. News: Stephen Wright, 85; Led in Education for Blacks. January 26, 2018. The New York Times. April 19, 1996.
4. News: Stephen J. Wright Jr. Dies . January 26, 2018. The Washington Post. April 20, 1996.
5. News: Benavides . Lisa . Stephen Wright dies; a former Fisk president. January 26, 2018 . The Tennessean. April 20, 1996. 3. . registration .
6. Book: Houston . Benjamin . The Nashville Way: Racial Etiquette and the Struggle for Social Justice in a Southern City . 2012 . University of Georgia Press . Athens, Georgia . 9780820343266. 940632744 . 106–107.
7. Knight, Douglas N. and Nourse, E. Shepley; Libraries At Large: Tradition, Innovation, and the National Interest, New York, R. R. Bowker, 1969.