Archibald H. Grimke: June 27, 1919

Jet, July 3, 1995

June 27, 1919 -

Archibald H. Grimke, editor and diplomat, was awarded the NAACP Spingarn Medal for distinguished service on this day. The organization awards it annually for the "highest or noblest achievement by a Black American." He attended Lincoln University and graduated from Harvard University with a law degree in 1874. He established his law office in Boston, where he edited a weekly publication, The Hub. Grimke was appointed U.S. consul to Santo Domingo from 1894 to 1898, and was president of the Washington, D.C., chapter of the NAACP for 10 years.

June 30, 1949 -

Two leading New England universities announced that they had appointed Black professors for the first time on this day. Harvard University appointed Dr. William A. Hinton as bacteriology and immunology professor in the medical school and Brown University appointed Jay Saunders Redding as visiting professor of English.