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ALTON HORNSBY, JR. (1940-2017)
BlackPast
(2020)
Abstract
Alton Parker Hornsby, Jr., author, historian and professor, was born on September 3, 1940 in Atlanta, Georgia to Lillie Mae Newton Hornsby, an entrepreneur and voting rights activist, and Alton P. Hornsby, an automobile painter. Hornsby was one of six children whose parents briefly owned Atlanta’s Greasy Food Café in the 1950s. He attended the William H. Crogman elementary school, Booker T. Washington High School (1954-1955), and Luther J. Price High School (1955-1957) where after passing the early entrance exam, spent his senior year at Morehouse College where he majored in history.
Keywords
- historian,
- professor,
- HBCU
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring April 9, 2020
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will guzmán. "ALTON HORNSBY, JR. (1940-2017)" BlackPast (2020) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/will-guzmn/9/
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