- Title:
- John H. Wheeler collection
- Date of Original:
- 1895/1973
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
African American businesspeople
Suffrage
Portraits and people
Buildings and grounds
Events and programs
African American athletes - People:
- Wheeler, John H. (John Hervey)
- Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
United States, North Carolina, Durham County, Durham, 35.99403, -78.89862 - Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
correspondence
publications (documents)
booklets
archival materials
brochures
color photographs
articles
fliers (printed matter)
news bulletins
reports - Type:
- StillImage
Text - Format:
- application/pdf
image/jpeg - Description:
- John H. Wheeler [b. 1908, d.1978] began his academic career at Morehouse College in 1925. He graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1929. In 1947, Wheeler graduated from the law school at the North Carolina College at Durham (now North Carolina Central University). Beginning as a teller at the Mechanics and Farmers Bank in 1929, he rose to become president of the bank in 1952. Mechanics and Farmers Bank was a black-owned financial institution in a city that boasted several thriving black enterprises, including the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company (N.C. Mutual). Wheeler was heavily involved in politics and education through various positions within the federal government and on various boards of trustees for institutions like Morehouse College, Atlanta University, Lincoln Hospital, and the National Scholarship Service for Negro Students. While serving two presidents, Wheeler devoted his time to the development of low-income housing, focused on race relations, and the elimination of poverty.
- Metadata URL:
- https://radar.auctr.edu/islandora/object/auc.133%3A9999
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: archives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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