Charles Cardoza Poindexter
Professor at Fisk University
Why Is Charles Cardoza Poindexter Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Charles Cardoza Poindexter was a professor at Fisk University. Poindexter was also known for being the founder of Alpha Phi Alpha Society which became Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated. Early life Poindexter was born in Pennsboro, West Virginia, on March 10, 1880. He attended high school at the West Virginia Colored Institute , graduating in 1896, and returned for a vocational degree. Poindexter attended Ohio State University from 1899 to 1903 earning a B.Sci in Agriculture. In 1903, he wrote "The Development of the Spikelet and Grain of Corn." Poindexter was said to be a very superior Negro, very light in color. From Ohio State, he attended a graduate program at Cornell University from 1905 to 1907.
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