Anna Johnson Julian
African-American sociologist and civic activist
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Anna Johnson Julian's Degrees
- PhD Sociology University of Chicago
- Masters African-American Studies Columbia University
- Bachelors Sociology Spelman College
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Anna Johnson Julian was the first African-American woman awarded a PhD in sociology by the University of Pennsylvania , a civic activist, and fourth national president of Delta Sigma Theta, a historically black sorority. In the 1930s, Julian studied factors inhibiting children's education and taught sociology at the University of the District of Columbia then known as Miner Teachers College. Her doctoral work was an analysis of the case records of 100 families receiving income support. She was married to prominent chemist, Percy Lavon Julian, from 1935 to his death in 1975, and had three children. The couple and their children faced down a violent and abusive campaign of intimidation when they moved into an upscale home in Oak Park, Chicago, with attacks on their home, including two fire bombings. The Julians founded the Chicago Chapter of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
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