H.G. Dwiggins Taken by Death; Leader in Civic and Educational Circles
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H.G. Dwiggins Taken by Death; Leader in Civic and Educational Circles
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Vertical file contains a photo and obituary for Horace Greeley Dwiggins, or H.G. Dwiggins, Sr., a pioneer African American teacher and postal worker in Kansas City, Kansas. He was born in Tennessee in 1871 and came with his parents to Kansas City, Missouri in 1881. In 1889 he became "one of the first Negro students to complete the secondary course of education" and graduated from "the Wyandotte high school, then located at 7th and Riverview" Streets. After obtaining a college degree in Pennsylvania he returned to Kansas City, Kansas in the 1890s as "one of the first Negro school teachers here." From 1900 to 1936 he served as "one of the first three Negro postal clerks the city has ever known." His residence was at 852 Oakland Avenue.
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1948-12-17
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Kansas City Call
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On his return to the city, he [H.G. Dwiggins] became one of the first Negro school teachers here and is credited by those who knew him at that time as having set the pattern for many of the school system's methods and theories for instruction and discipline.
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Ramos Vertical File: Biography A-E
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This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests
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