Bond, Horace Mann, 1904-1972

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Name (Latin)
Bond, Horace Mann, 1904-1972
Other forms of name
Bond, Horace Mann, 1904-
Date of birth
1904-11-08
Date of death
1972-12-21
Place of birth
Nashville (Tenn.)
Associated country
United States
Other associated place
Georgia
Chicago (Ill.)
Pennsylvania
Associate group
University of Chicago
Fort Valley State University
Fort Valley State University (1939)
Lincoln University
Lincoln University (1945)
Occupation
College teachers
College administrators
Essayists
Historians
African American college administrators
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 54950255
Wikidata: Q15490617
Library of congress: n 86827710
Sources of Information
  • African American National Biography, accessed December 21, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Bond, Horace Mann; educator, college/ university president, essayist; born 08 November 1904 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States; earned master's (1926) and doctoral (1936) degrees from the University of Chicago; specialized in both the history of education and the sociology of education; served on the faculties of Langston University in Oklahoma and Dillard University in New Orleans (1926-1935); became president of Lincoln University (1945-1957); served as dean of the School of Education of Atlanta University for five years; wrote The Education of the Negro in the American Social Order (1934) and Negro Education in Alabama: A Study in Cotton and Steel (1939); worked as a historian for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; was a founder of the American Society for African Culture; died 21 December 1972 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States)
  • African American national biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014:(Horace Mann Bond; educator, college / university president, essayist, author; born November 08, 1904 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States; graduated from Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) in 1923; earned master's (1926) and doctoral (1936) degrees from the University of Chicago; specialized in both the history of education and the sociology of education; served on the faculties of Langston University in Oklahoma, Alabama State College in Montgomery, Fisk University in Nashville, and Dillard University in New Orleans between 1926 and 1935; president of Fort Valley (Georgia) State College (1939-1945), president of Lincoln University (1945-1957), dean of the School of Education and director of its Bureau of Educational and Social Researchat at Atlanta University; founder of the American Society for African Culture; was active in numerous groups that advocated cooperation between Africans and African Americans; died 21 December 1972 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States)
  • Wikipedia, viewed May 18, 2012(Horace Mann Bond (Nov. 8, 1904--Dec. 21, 1972) was an American historian, college administrator, social science researcher, and the father of civil-rights leader Julian Bond. He earned a master's and doctorate from University of Chicago, at a time when only a small percentage of any young adults attended any college. He was an influential leader at several historically black colleges and was appointed the first president of Fort Valley State University in Georgia in 1939, where he managed its growth in programs and revenue. In 1945 he became the first African American president of Lincoln University, Penn.; born in Nashville, Tenn.)
  • nuc86-10514: His Bibliography of Horace Mann Bond [MI] 197-?(hdg. on NN rept.: Bond, Horace Mann, 1904- ; usage: Horace Mann Bond)
  • LC data base, 5/16/86(hdgs.: Bond, Horace Mann, 1904- ; Bond, Horace Mann, 1904-1972; usage: Horace Mann Bond)
  • English Wikipedia website, viewed May 18, 2012(Horace Mann Bond (Nov. 8, 1904--Dec. 21, 1972) was an American historian, college administrator, social science researcher, and the father of civil-rights leader Julian Bond. He earned a master's and doctorate from University of Chicago, at a time when only a small percentage of any young adults attended any college. He was an influential leader at several historically black colleges and was appointed the first president of Fort Valley State University in Georgia in 1939, where he managed its growth in programs and revenue. In 1945 he became the first African American president of Lincoln University, Penn.; born in Nashville, Tenn.)