Stephen J. Wright

Stephen J. Wright
Born	Stephen Junius Wright Jr. September 8, 1910[1] Dillon, South Carolina
Died	April 16, 1996(1996-04-16) (aged 85) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Alma mater	Hampton University Howard University New York University
Occupation	University administrator
Known for	President of Fisk University (1957–1966)
Spouse	Rosalind Wright

Stephen Junius Wright Jr. (September 8, 1910 – April 16, 1996)[2] was an American academic administrator. He served as the seventh president of Fisk University, a historically black university in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1957 to 1966.[3][4] He was also the president of the United Negro College Fund.[5] In 1960, Wright served on a committee chaired by Madison Sarratt to put an end to the Nashville sit-ins.[6]

Wright served on the National Commission for Libraries appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. [7]

References

1. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
2. "Stephen J. Wright Presidential Papers 1957–1966" (PDF). Retrieved February 3, 2018.
3. "Stephen Wright, 85; Led in Education for Blacks". The New York Times. April 19, 1996. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
4. "Stephen J. Wright Jr. Dies". The Washington Post. April 20, 1996. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
5. Benavides, Lisa (April 20, 1996). "Stephen Wright dies; a former Fisk president". The Tennessean. p. 3. Retrieved January 26, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Houston, Benjamin (2012). The Nashville Way: Racial Etiquette and the Struggle for Social Justice in a Southern City. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. pp. 106–107. ISBN 9780820343266. OCLC 940632744.
7. Knight, Douglas N. and Nourse, E. Shepley; Libraries At Large: Tradition, Innovation, and the National Interest, New York, R. R. Bowker, 1969.