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Timuel Black

American educator, civil rights activist, historian, and author (–)

Timuel Black

Born

Timuel Dixon Black Jr.


()December 7,

Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.

DiedOctober 13, () (aged&#;)

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

EducationRoosevelt University (BA)
University of Chicago (MA)
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Timuel Dixon Black Jr. (December 7, – October 13, ) was an American educator, civil rights activist, historian and author.

A native of Alabama, Black was raised in Chicago, Illinois, and studied the city's African-American history. He was active in the Civil Rights movement of the s, most notably participating in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Chicago Freedom Movement during and [1] Black was part of a coalition of Black Chicagoans that worked to elect Chicago's first African-American mayor, Harold Washington, in , and he mentored a young Barack Obama, the future U.S.

president, on building a political base on Chicago's South Side.

Biography

Early life and family

Timuel Dixon Black Jr. was born on December 7, , in Birmingham, Alabama.[2][3] His great-grandparents were slaves and his grandparents were born as slaves and freed by the Emancipation Proclamation; his parents were sharecroppers.[4] Black described his father, Timuel Dixon Black Sr., and mother, Mattie (née McConner), as having taken part in the Great Migration.

In his memoir, Sacred Ground, Black writes that his parents "migrated twice". Their first move was "from tenant farms where they chopped cotton to the market town of Florence, Alabama, and then on from there to the city of Birmingham", where his "daddy worked for Bessemer Steel". His parents' second migration was to Chicago in order "to be able fight back against white attackers, to get better jobs and be able to vote, and to get a better education for their children."[5]

Education and military service

Black grew up in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood.

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I am so sad to report that iconic historian Timuel Black passed away yesterday, October 13th, just two months shy of his rd birthday. I extend my deepest sympathy to his wife Zenobia, and to his extended circle of devoted friends. He was a true Chicago treasure: historian, veteran, social scientist and political activist, scholar, teacher, civil rights leader and jazz enthusiast. He was born on December 8th, to Alabama sharecroppers whose parents were once enslaved, and on his nd birthday, the University of Chicago Civil Knowledge Project and the Alumni Association organized a special drive-by car parade in his honor. I was privileged to work with him on the successful campaign for Harold Washington to elect the first African-American Mayor of the City of Chicago.

He attended Burke Elementary School, Englewood High School, Wendell Phillips Academy High School and later graduated from DuSable High School in June [6] After high school, Black worked for Robert Cole’s Chicago Metropolitan Assurance Company; later leaving Chicago to work at Greenbaum Tannery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

In , Black graduated from Roosevelt University, where he earned a bachelor's degree, and he later earned a master's degree from the University of Chicago.[6] Black served in World War II, and he received four Battle Stars, the Croix de Guerre, and the Legion of Honour.[6][7]

Career

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Black began his career as a teacher. After receiving his bachelor's degree, Black began working at Roosevelt High School in Gary, Indiana, in Black relocated back to Chicago in and began teaching at his alma mater, DuSable High School until [citation needed] Black worked as a social worker.[6] During the s, Black was president of the Negro American Labor Council (Chicago Chapter) and an organizer of Chicago participation in the March on Washington.[8] During the Chicago municipal elections, Black unsuccessfully challenged Claude Holman, Chicago's 4th ward aldermen who was aligned with Mayor Richard J.

Daley and with Chicago Public Schools superintendent Benjamin Willis.[citation needed]

In , Black took a position to teach history, sociology and anthropology at Loop College, now Harold Washington College.

Timuel black biography reporter Timuel Black, beloved Chicago historian, civil rights activist and University of Chicago alum, died Oct. He was We are grateful for the wisdom that is his enduring gift to the city he loved, and I am personally grateful for our friendship over many years. As a speaker, educator and writer, Black captivated audiences in the classroom and across the city for decades. He interviewed hundreds of Chicago residents for his oral history, Bridges of Memory ; authored a memoir, Sacred Ground ; and regularly gave tours and lectures about his life and career.

In , he approached Harold Washington, then a congressman, to run for mayor of Chicago. Black's organizing of support and likely voters helped convince Washington to make his successful mayoral bid.[9] In the s, Black met with Barack Obama on building a political career on Chicago's South Side, and introduced Obama to people who became helpful to the career of the future U.S.

president.[9] Black was the named plaintiff in the lawsuit Black v. McGuffage.[10] The suit claimed that the Illinois voting system discriminated against minorities in its use of faulty punch card ballots. Deployed in black and Hispanic neighborhoods in Chicago, the faulty ballots prevented residents from casting valid votes in the presidential election.

After Black v. McGuffage, punch card ballots were eliminated and a uniform voting system was put in place.[11] Black served on the board of Defending Rights & Dissent.[12]

Tributes and legacy

In , Senator Dick Durbin introduced a tribute to Black in the Congressional Record on the occasion of Black's receipt of Citizen Action Illinois' ninth annual Pauls Award, named for Paul Simon and Paul Wellstone, describing Black as "a decorated World War II veteran, an educator, author, labor leader, civil rights activist, and historian—and a bender of the moral arc of the universe.

He is a visionary and—for me and so many others—a personal hero."[13]Sacred Ground is a memoir of interviews with Black about the African-American history of the South side of Chicago conducted by Susan Klonsky and edited by Bart Schultz was published in Black explained, "I'm here to personalize and transfer that history to younger people across all lines--race and gender."[14]

Personal life and death

Black married three times and had two children.

From until , he was married to Norisea J. Cummings and together they had two children, Ermetra and Timuel Kerrigan Black. Black's second marriage was to Ruby P. Battle from to From until his death, Black was married to Zenobia Johnson.[15] In he joined the First Unitarian Church of Chicago and was a member there until his death.

In October , it was reported that Black was in hospice care at his Kenwood home in Chicago.[16] Black died at his home in Chicago on October 13, , from prostate cancer,[3] at the age of [17][18]

Works

References

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    Timuel black biography reporter wife Timuel Dixon Black Jr. December 7, — October 13, was an American educator, civil rights activist, historian and author. He was active in the Civil Rights movement of the s, most notably participating in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In his memoir, Sacred Ground , Black writes that his parents "migrated twice".

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  5. ^Black, Timuel D. Jr. (January 15, ). Bart Schultz (ed.). Sacred Ground: The Chicago Streets of Timuel Black. As told to Susan Klonsky (First&#;ed.). Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press. pp.&#;13– ISBN&#;.
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    "Historian Timuel Black celebrates school's past". Chicago Tribune. p.&#;3. Archived from the original on September 30, Retrieved August 31, &#; via

  7. ^"PFC Timuel K. Black &#; Exhibits &#; Pritzker Military Museum & Library &#; Chicago". .
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    Timuel D. Black". . Chicago Public Library. Archived from the original on July 22, Retrieved July 22,

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    Timuel black biography reporter dies Timuel Black liked to tell the story of how he arrived in Chicago. When he was eight months old, he looked around at the oppression in his Birmingham, Ala. Pithy anecdote, to be sure. But the point illustrated that the family needed to leave the oppressive clutches of sharecropping and the Jim Crow South. Black arrived in Chicago less than a year old with his parents and older siblings — part of the first wave of the Great Migration in which millions of African Americans flocked to the North for better opportunities.

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  22. ^Gettinger, Aaron. "Timuel Black Honored for a Life of Achievement". Hyde Park Herald. Archived from the original on February 12, Retrieved December 1,
  23. ^Rosenberg-Douglas, Katherine (October 7, ). "'Senior statesman of Chicago's South Side' Timuel Black, , receiving hospice care at his home".

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  24. ^"Timuel Black, civil rights leader and Chicago historian, – | University of Chicago News". University of Chicago News. October 13, Retrieved October 14,
  25. ^Ihejirika, Maudlyne (October 13, ).

    Timuel black biography reporter married: Biography. Timuel Black was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on December 7, , but was raised in Chicago – a place he loves to call home. He is a revered and highly respected educator, political activist, community leader, oral historian and philosopher.

    "Timuel Black, historian, civil rights activist, dies at ". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved October 13,

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