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List Of Savannah State University Faculty
This list of Savannah State University faculty includes current and former faculty, staff and presidents of Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youth, Georgia State College, Savannah State College, and/or Savannah State University. Notable graduates, non-graduate former students and current students are found on the List of Savannah State University alumni. Savannah State University is a four-year, state-supported, historically black university (HBCU) located in Savannah, Georgia. The first baccalaureate degree was awarded in 1898. In 1928 the college became a full four-year degree-granting institution and removed the high school and normal school programs. In 1932 the school became a full member institution of the University System of Georgia. Administration Institute presidents There have been twelve presidents in the history of Savannah State University. The current president is Cheryl Davenport Dozier. Other administration Media Social Sciences ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savannah State University
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Francys Johnson
Francys Johnson is an American civil rights attorney, pastor and educator. He is in private practice as an attorney in Statesboro, Georgia. He has lectured on constitutional and criminal law, civil rights and race and politics at Savannah State University and Georgia Southern University. Long active in the NAACP in Georgia, in 2006 he was appointed as Southeast Region Director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). After the national organization restructured and closed the regional offices, he served as executive director of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP. On October 5, 2013, he was described as the civil rights organization's youngest President at the 71st Civil Rights Convention in Columbus, Georgia. Johnson is the Convener of Moral Monday Georgia Movement, a multi-issue, multiracial, nonpartisan coalition of organizations aimed at restoring positive morality to public discourse, policy, and politics. Early life and education J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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This category contains articles for current and former members of the faculty of Savannah State University in Savannah, Georgia, USA. {{CatAutoTOC Faculty Faculty may refer to: * Faculty (academic staff), the academic staff of a university (North American usage) * Faculty (division), a division within a university (usage outside of the United States) * Faculty (instrument) A faculty is a legal in ... Faculty by university or college in Georgia (U.S. state) Faculty by historically black university or college in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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This category contains articles for current and former presidents of Savannah State University in Savannah, Georgia, USA. Savannah State University people Savannah State University Savannah State University ) , established = , closed = , type = Public historically black university , parent = University System of Georgia , academic_affiliation = Space-grant , endowment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Ellington
Russell Ellington (February 4, 1938 – September 1, 2007) was an American basketball coach. He served as the head basketball coach at Savannah State College—now known as Savannah State University—from 1976 to 1984 and Morris Brown College from 1997 to 2000, compiling a career college basketball coaching record of 181–141. He also coached the Harlem Globetrotters for nine years. His titles as a coach include: four state high school basketball championships; three Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAA) titles; two Region XVII Junior College championships, and one NJCCA District 10 championship. Biography Early life Ellington grew up in Wadley, Georgia. He began working in cotton fields at age five to help his family, which included eight brothers and sisters. He left home for good by the age of 12, hitching a ride on a freight train to Savannah, Georgia where his sister lived. Education Russell graduated from Alfred E. Beach High School in Savannah, Georgia in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Davenport
Steve Davenport (born May 3, 1967) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at South Gwinnett High School in Snellville, Georgia, a position he has held since 2017. Davenport served as the head football coach at Savannah State University in Savannah, Georgia from 2011 to 2012, compiling a record of 2–20. Playing career Davenport was an All-American wide receiver at Southwest Dekalb High School in Decatur, Georgia. In college, he was a three-year starter at wide receiver, and a four-year letterman, for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets from 1985 to 1988. He was a member of the 1985 Yellow Jacket team that defeated Michigan State in the Hall of Fame Classic. Davenport is a graduate of Georgia Tech with a bachelor's degree in 1990 and a master's degree in 1994. Coaching career Davenport was hired as a defensive backs coach at Southwest DeKalb High School (1990–91). He served as a graduate assistant coach at Georgia Tech during the 1992 and 1993 seasons under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace Broadnax
Horace Randall Broadnax (born March 22, 1964) is an American college basketball coach. He is currently the head men's basketball coach at Savannah State University. He was born in Plant City, Florida. Playing career After graduating from Plant City High School in his native Plant City, Florida, Broadnax played college basketball at Georgetown University and was a member of the 1984 NCAA Division I men's national championship team. During his four years as a member of the Hoyas the team compiled a 115–24 record. He was also a member of the 1985 NCAA Division I men's national championship runner-up team. Coaching career Assistant coaching positions Broadnax began his coaching career in 1992 as an assistant at Florida A&M. In the 1993–94 season, he was an assistant at Bethune-Cookman. The following season, he was video coordinator at Florida. Valencia Community College As head coach for Valencia Community College (1995–1997) Broadnax compiled a 29–31 record including the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Haji Mukhtar
Mohamed Haji Mukhtar ( so, Maxamed Xaaji Mukhtaar, ar, محمد حاج مختار ; was born 13 June 1947) is a Somali scholar and writer currently in the United States. Biography He is born in Hudur, a city in the middle of former Italian Somalia, which was at the time of his birth under the British Military Administration BMA of post-World War II. Hudur is the heartland of Af Maay language and culture. The saying Howaal ii Hudur (ba) mal Huraw (You can avoid neither the grave nor Hudur) shows the proud ethnocentricity of its inhabitants. Hudur fall in the hands of Italian colonial occupation in 1914 and remained a thriving city within the Alta Jubba (Upper Jubba) region. From 1974, it became the capital of a newly created region Bakool. He is naturalized U.S. citizen; son of Malak Mukhtar Malak Hassan, a highly respected chief of chiefs of the Digil and Mirifle Somali clans. His children are Saida, Salah, and Subeida. He is known as an advocate of the use of Maay-Somali langu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey and Ida B. Wells. Leaders of the organization included Thurgood Marshall and Roy Wilkins. Its mission in the 21st century is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination". National NAACP initiatives include political lobbying, publicity efforts and litigation strategies developed by its legal team. The group enlarged its mission in the late 20th century by considering issues such as police misconduct, the status of black foreign refugees and questions of economic development. Its name, retained in accordance with tradition, uses the once common term ''colored people,'' referring to those with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Elmore
Charles J. Elmore is an American scholar and jazz historian from Savannah, Georgia.Dr. Charles J. Elmore , Savannah State University, 1998-1999. Early background Elmore, who was born and raised in Savannah, Georgia. He attended St. Pius X School, earned a BS Degree in biology and chemistry from , an MA degree in journalism and a[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Savannah State University Alumni
This list of Savannah State University alumni includes graduates, non-graduate former students and current students of Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youth, Georgia State College, Savannah State College, and/or Savannah State University. Notable administration, faculty, and staff are found on the list of Savannah State University faculty. Savannah State University is a four-year, state-supported, historically black university (HBCU) located in Savannah, Georgia. The first baccalaureate degree was awarded in 1898. In 1928 the college became a full four-year degree-granting institution and removed the high school and normal school programs. In 1932 the school became a full member institution of the University System of Georgia. Academics Business Politics and public service U.S. Military services Journalist and news media personalities Athletics See also *Savannah State University alumni A savanna or sava ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savannah Tribune
The ''Savannah Tribune'' is a weekly African-American newspaper published in Savannah, Georgia. History The ''Savannah Tribune'' was founded in 1875 and went through two hiatuses (from 1878 to 1886 and from 1960 to 1973). Originally named the ''Colored Tribune'', the paper was established by Louis B. Toomer Sr., Louis M. Pleasant, and Savannah native John H. Deveaux who served as the first editor. The first edition was published in 1875. The name was changed to the ''Savannah Tribune'' in 1876. The newspaper published until 1878, when the all-white printers in the city, refused to produce it. It reopened in 1886. Deveaux served as the paper's owner and editor until 1889. Sol C. Johnson was appointed as the paper's editor and purchased the paper in 1909 upon Deveaux's death. Johnson ran the paper until his death in 1954, when he was succeeded by his goddaughter Willa Johnson. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
