Thomas J. Calloway Explained

Thomas Junius Calloway (1866–1930) was an African-American journalist, educator and lawyer.

Calloway graduated from Fisk University in 1889 and was an undergraduate classmate of W. E. B. Du Bois.^{[1] [2]} He went on to attend law school at Howard University, earning a law degree in 1894.^[3]

He was appointed as the US Special Commissioner in charge of The Exhibit of American Negroes at the United States pavilion at the Exposition Universelle held in Paris in 1900.^[3]

His home, the Thomas J. Calloway House, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Notes and References

1. Book: Smith, Shawn Michelle. Photography on the Color Line: W. E. B. Du Bois, Race, and Visual Culture. Duke University Press. 2004. 0822333430. 167. en.
2. Book: Sinclair, Bruce. Technology and the African-American Experience: Needs and Opportunities for Study. registration. 119. Thomas J. Calloway fisk university.. MIT Press. 2004. 9780262195041. en.
3. Book: Marika Sherwood

   . Sherwood. Marika. Marika Sherwood . Origins of Pan-Africanism: Henry Sylvester Williams, Africa, and the African Diaspora. 2012. Routledge. New York.