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Clement Richardson

Clement Richardson (1878 – December 1949) was an American professor, college president, and author. An African American, he served as president of Lincoln Institute in Jefferson City, Missouri from 1918 until 1922.[1] He edited The National Cyclopedia of the Colored Race[2] which includes a profile on him.[3]

Early life and education

Clement Richardson was born in 1878 in Halifax County, Virginia.[4] He attended White Oak Grove Country School and tilled tobacco.[3] He moved to Massachusetts for access to more education, initially working in tanning and farming, before attending the boys' school at Mount Hermon School (now Northfield Mount Hermon School).[2][5]

For three years he attended Brown University, before transferring.[2] Richardson graduated from Harvard University in 1907, one six African Americans graduating that year.[6][4]

Career

Richardson worked as a correspondent for many newspapers and magazines including The Boston Daily Globe;[7] work that continued throughout his entire life.

He was the director of the department of English literature and rhetoric of Morehouse College in Atlanta in 1908.[8] In 1908, Richardson joined the faculty of Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) as the head of the English department.[2][5] He wrote a pamphlet titled "Extension Work" while at Tuskegee Institute.[9]

From 1918 to 1922, Richardson served as the president of Lincoln Institute.[1][10] Lincoln Institute became Lincoln University during his tenure as its president.[11] In 1919, he was participant at a convention of African American educators in Jefferson City, many of the presentations were affiliated to the Negro Educational Congress.[12] In 1919, he missed a Negro State Teachers event due to coal shortages at the school and in Missouri.[13]

In 1922 he was to visit Richmond, Virginia.[14]

Clement Richardson Fine Arts Center and Auditorium

The Clement Richardson Fine Arts Center was building was constructed at Lincoln University in 1956.[15] The auditorium / theater wing was under construction in 1958.[16] The Arts Center has hosted events.[17][18]

Writings

Personal life

Richardson was married in 1908 to Ida J. Rivers, and had four daughters.[5] He died in December 1949.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Parks, Arnold G. (2012-09-18). Lincoln University: 1920-1970. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 31–32. ISBN 978-1-4396-1892-9.
  2. ^ a b c d Holland, Antonio Frederick (2006). Nathan B. Young and the Struggle Over Black Higher Education. University of Missouri Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-8262-6550-0.
  3. ^ a b Richardson, Clement, ed. (January 8, 1919). "Clement Richardson". The National Cyclopedia of the Colored Race. National Publishing Company – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b c "Clement Richardson Dies". The Kansas City Times. December 26, 1949. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b c Secretary's Fourth Report, Harvard College Class of 1907. Plimpton Press. 1917. p. 309.
  6. ^ "Colored Students At Harvard". The Boston Globe. July 14, 1907. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Bailey, Richard (1999). They Too Call Alabama Home: African American Profiles, 1800-1999. Pyramid. p. 323. ISBN 978-0-9671883-0-0.
  8. ^ Rudder, Justin A. (2019). "Grassroots Historians and African American Historiography in Alabama". Alabama Review. 72 (4): 259–300. doi:10.1353/ala.2019.0034. Gale A609735001 Project MUSE 742251 ProQuest 2317841245.
  9. ^ Humanities, National Endowment for the (May 29, 1920). "The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, May 29, 1920, Image 1" – via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
  10. ^ "New President Lincoln University Visits City". The Kansas City Sun (Kansas City, Mo.) Image 3. 1918-07-27. ISSN 2166-8329. Retrieved 2023-03-07 – via Chronicling America, National Endowment for the Humanities.
  11. ^ Marshall, Albert (1966). Soldiers' dream: a centennial history of Lincoln University of Missouri. p. 11.
  12. ^ "Negros Hold Convention". The Kansas City Sun. April 5, 1919. p. 4 – via Chronicling America, National Endowment for the Humanities.
  13. ^ "Baha'i Louis Gregory substituted for Clement Richardson". Black Dispatch. December 5, 1919. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Hold Installation". Richmond Planet. April 22, 1922. p. 4 – via Chronicling America.
  15. ^ "The Physical Plant". Official Manual of the State of Missouri. Secretary of State. 1969. p. 610.
  16. ^ "College Art Journal". College Art Association of America. March 7, 1957 – via Google Books.
  17. ^ "Jefferson City News And Tribune Archives, Oct 19, 1958, p. 5".
  18. ^ State, Missouri Office of the Secretary of (March 7, 1959). "Official Manual for Years ..." Secretary of State – via Google Books.