Teachers
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National
While local Black teacher organizations existed as early as 1861, the call for a national association occured in the winter of 1903. A formal organization called the National Colored Teachers Association met in Nashville, Tennessee in 1904. The association’s objective was to promote education, better teaching methods, and cooperation between teachers to adapt to community needs. Serving as the umbrella organization to the state affiliates, this national association was the counterpart to the National Education Association.
History of the American Teachers Association
By Thelma D. Perry
Published 1975 by the National Education Association of the United States
Organization Name
The American Teacher Association Bulletin Vol. 30, No. 2
- National Colored Teachers Association, 1903-1907
- National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools, 1907-1937
- American Teachers Association, 1937-1966
Publication Name
- National Note-book Quarterly, 1918-1921
- National Note-book Series, 1918-1919
- Official Bulletin of the National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools, 1921-1937
- The National Educational Outlook Among Negroes, 1938-1939
- The Bulletin 1938, 1940-1966
The National Association of Colored Teachers Bulletin Vol. 9, No. 7 (gut50000c03847)
National Educational Outlook Among Negroes Vol. 2, No. 5 (gut50000c03949)
The National Association of Colored Teachers Bulletin Vol. 11, No. 3 (gut50000c03857)
The American Teacher Association Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 2 (gut50000c03913)
The American Teacher Association Bulletin Vol. 38, No. 1 (gut50000c03926)
Editors
- Silas Xavier Floyd, 1918-1921
- Richard S. Grossley, 1921-1923
- Clinton Joseph Calloway, 1923 - 1929;
- A. Streator Wright, assistant editor
- John C. Wright, associate editor
- F. Rivers Barnwell, associate editor
- W.A. Robinson, associate editor
- W.W. Sanders, associate editor
- Fannie C. Williams, associate editor - A. Streator Wright (Bricks, N.C.) 1930
- John C. Wright, associate editor
- F. Rivers Barnwell, associate editor
- W.A. Robinson, associate editor
- W.W. Sanders, associate editor
- Fannie C. Williams, associate editor
- H. Manning Efferson, associate editor
- Dorothy I. Miller, associate editor - William W. Sanders , 1930 - 1938
- A. Streator Wright, associate editor
- John C. Wright, associate editor
- F. Rivers Barnwell, associate editor
- W.A. Robinson, associate editor
- W.W. Sanders, associate editor
- Fannie C. Williams, associate editor
- H. Manning Efferson, associate editor
- Dorothy I. Miller, associate editor
- R. O’Hara Lanier, associate editor - T. Edward Davis, 1937-1940, managing Editor
- H. Councill Trenholm, 1940-1961
- Joseph T. Brooks, assistant editor - George W. Jones (1961-1963)
- Joseph T. Brooks, assistant editor
- Eloise King, assistant editor
- Matthew H. Dawson, associate editor
- Rose M. Jones, assistant editor - Joseph T. Brooks (1963-1966)
- Matthew H. Dawson, associate editor (1963)
- Eloise Sykes King, assistant editor
Presidents
- John Robert Edward Lee (Alabama), 1904 -1908
- Richard Robert Wright, Sr. (Georgia), 1909 -1910
- William Taylor Burwell Williams (Virginia), 1911-1912
- Matthew Winfred Dogan (Texas), 1913-1914
- Nathan Benjamin Young Sr. (Florida), 1915
- John Hope (Georgia), 1916
- William Henry Singleton (Tennessee), 1917
- Simon Green Atkins (North Carolina), 1919
- John Manuel Gandy (Virginia), 1920
- Levi John Rowan (Mississippi), 1921
- Henry Lawrence McCrorey (North Carolina), 1922
- John Andrew Gregg (Ohio), 1923
- Mary McLeod Bethune (Florida.), 1924
- William Walter Saunders (West Virginia), 1925
- Richard Sylvester Grossley (Delaware), 1926
- William Albert Robinson (North Carolina), 1927
- William Jennings Hale (Tennessee), 1928
- John Warren Davis (West Virginia), 1929
- Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, 1930
- Fannie C. Williams (Louisiana), 1931
- H. Councill Trenholm (Alabama), 1932
- Francis M. Wood (Maryland), 1933
- J. W. Scott (Ohio), 1934
- Garnet Crummell Wilkinson (Washington, D.C.), 1935
- Rufus Early Clement (Georgia), 1936
- Wills Carter Burch ( Washington, D.C.), 1937
- Alphonse Heningburg (North Carolina), 1938
- Carrington Lewis Davis (Maryland), 1939-1940
- Mary Lee Williams (West Virginia), 1941-1944
- Walter Nathaniel Ridley (Virginia), 1945-1947
- John Henry Brodhead (Pennsylvania), 1948-1949
- George William Gore, Jr. (Tennessee), 1950-1951
- Robert Clinton Match (Alabama), 1952-1953
- Gerard Augustus Anderson (South Carolina), 1954
- Lillian Rogers Johnson (Mississippi), 1955
- Elmer Theodore Hawkins (Maryland), 1956
- Theodore Roosevelt Speigner (North Carolina), 1957
- Charles Waber Orr (Alabama), 1958,
- Lucius Tarquintias Bacote (Georgia), 1959
- George Washington Brooks (Tennessee), 1960
- Lelia Anderson Bradby (South Carolina), 1961
- Lucius Holsey Pitts (Georgia), 1962
- Richard Vernon Moore (Florida), 1963
- John Rupert Picott (Virginia), 1964
- Cleveland Jerry Duckworth (Mississippi), 1965
- R. J. Martin (Georgia), 1966
- Hudson Lee Barksdale (South Carolina), 1967 President Elect