| Rayford W. Logan AKA Rayford Whittingham Logan Born: 7-Jan-1897
Birthplace: Washington, DC
Died: 4-Nov-1982
Location of death: Washington, DC
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, MD
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Historian Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Negro in American Life and Thought Military service: US Army (1917-19, 1st Lt.) Father: Arthur C. Logan
Mother: Martha Whittingham
Wife: Ruth Robinson (m. 1927, d. 30-Jun-1966)
High School: M Street High School, Washington, DC
University: AB, Williams College (1917)
University: MA, Williams College (1929)
University: AM, Harvard University (1932)
University: PhD, Harvard University (1936)
Administrator: Chairman, History Dept., Virginia Union University (1925-30)
Administrator: Chairman, History Dept., Atlanta University (1933-38)
Professor: History, Howard University (1938-69)
Administrator: Chairman, History Dept., Howard University (1942-64)
Administrator: Historian of the University, Howard University (1965-69)
Professor: Distinguished Professor of History, Howard University (1971-74)
Association for the Study of Negro Life and History Director (1950-51)
Association for the Study of Negro Life and History Asst. to Director (1932-33)
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
NAACP Advisor, International Affairs
Spingarn Medal 1980
Author of books:
The Diplomatic Relations of the United States with Haiti, 1776-1891 (1941)
The Operation of the Mandate System in Africa, 1919-1927 (1942)
The African Mandates in World Politics (1949)
The Negro in American Life and Thought: The Nadir, 1877-1901 (1965)
The Negro in the United States: A Brief History (1957)
Haiti and the Dominican Republic (1968)
Howard University: The First Hundred Years, 1867-1967 (1969)
W. E. B. Du Bois: A Profile (1971)
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