| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1875, Dec. 19 | Born, New Canton, Va. |
| 1903 | Litt. B., Berea College, Berea, Ky. |
| 1907 | A.B., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1908 | A.M., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1908-1918 | High school teacher, Washington, D.C. |
| 1912 | Ph.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1916-1950 | Executive director, Association for the Study of Negro Life and History
Editor, Journal of Negro History |
| 1918 | Published A Century of Negro Migration. Washington, D.C.: Association for the Study of Negro Life and History |
| 1918-1919 | Principal, Armstrong Manual Training School, Washington, D.C. |
| 1919-1920 | Dean, School of Liberal Arts, Howard University, Washington, D.C. |
| 1920-1922 | Dean, West Virginia Collegiate Institute, Institute, W.Va. |
| 1922 | Published The Negro in Our History. Washington, D.C.: Associated Publishers |
| 1926 | Published The Mind of the Negro as Reflected in Letters Written during the Crisis, 1800-1860. Washington, D.C.: Association for the Study of Negro Life and History |
| 1936 | Published The African Background Outlined; or, Handbook for the Study of the Negro. Washington, D.C.: Association for the Study of Negro Life and History |
| 1937-1950 | Editor, Negro History Bulletin |
| 1950, Apr. 3 | Died, Washington, D.C. |
| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1857, Sept. 15 | Born, Charleston, S.C. |
| 1873 | Attended Avery Institute, Charleston, S.C. |
| 1874 | Attended United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. |
| 1882 | Attended Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa |
| 1887 | Attended University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C.
Married Kate Wheeler |
| 1887-1941 | Real estate broker |
| 1907 | Appointed to Housing Commission, District of Columbia, by President Theodore Roosevelt |
| 1910 | Appointed collector of Port of Washington, D.C., by President William H. Taft |
| 1941, Dec. 14 | Died, Washington, D.C. |
| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1835, Dec. 23 | Born, Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| 1852-1857 | Attended Avery College, Allegheny, Pa. |
| 1857-1860 | Attended Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pa. |
| 1858 | Married Sarah Elizabeth Miller |
| 1860 | Ordained, deacon and elder, African Methodist Episcopal Church |
| 1868 | Chief secretary, African Methodist Episcopal Church |
| 1868-1884 | Editor, Christian Recorder |
| 1884 | Editor and cofounder, A.M.E. Church Review |
| 1888 | Bishop, African Methodist Episcopal Church |
| 1923, Jan. 15 | Died, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1883, July 21 | Born, Louisville, Ky. |
| 1906 | A.B., Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio |
| 1907-1913 | Instructor, Central High School, Louisville, Ky. |
| 1913-1916 | Secretary, Housing Bureau of the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, New York, N.Y. |
| 1916-1917 | Field secretary, National Urban League |
| 1917 | Married Patricia Ferguson |
| 1917-1926 | Executive secretary, Urban League of Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| 1926-1949 | Executive secretary, Urban League of St. Louis, Mo. |
| 1949 | Died, St. Louis, Mo. |
