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Thomas Junius Calloway

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Thomas Junius Calloway

Birth
Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee, USA
Death
19 May 1930 (aged 63)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Cremated, Other. Specifically: Lee's Crematory Add to Map
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Thomas Junius Calloway was a prominent lawyer, educator, civil servant, and African American activist. On November 11, 1900, he authored in collaboration with Dr. William Edward Burghardt DuBois, Ph.D. of Atlanta University, "The Negro Exhibit," pp. 463-467 in the Report of the Commissioner-General for the United States to the International Universal Exposition in Paris (1900, Vol. II U.S. Senate Document 232 2nd Session of the 56th Congress). In 1908, he platted the Lincoln neighborhood of Lanham, Maryland as a semi-rural retreat for African Americans living in Washington, DC, Annapolis and Baltimore, Maryland. He was vice president and general manager of the Lincoln Land Improvement Company and served as first principal of the Lincoln School.

Read more on the African American experience in the early 1900's and Thomas J. Calloway at The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, "Lincoln (70-049)," @http://www.mncppcapps.org/planning/HistoricCommunitiesSurvey/CommunityDocumentations/70-049%20Lincoln/PG%2070-049%20Lincoln%20%20Community%20Survey.pdf AND WebDuBoois.org by Dr. Robert W. Williams, Ph.D. @http://www.webdubois.org/CallowayParisExhibit.html .
Thomas Junius Calloway was a prominent lawyer, educator, civil servant, and African American activist. On November 11, 1900, he authored in collaboration with Dr. William Edward Burghardt DuBois, Ph.D. of Atlanta University, "The Negro Exhibit," pp. 463-467 in the Report of the Commissioner-General for the United States to the International Universal Exposition in Paris (1900, Vol. II U.S. Senate Document 232 2nd Session of the 56th Congress). In 1908, he platted the Lincoln neighborhood of Lanham, Maryland as a semi-rural retreat for African Americans living in Washington, DC, Annapolis and Baltimore, Maryland. He was vice president and general manager of the Lincoln Land Improvement Company and served as first principal of the Lincoln School.

Read more on the African American experience in the early 1900's and Thomas J. Calloway at The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, "Lincoln (70-049)," @http://www.mncppcapps.org/planning/HistoricCommunitiesSurvey/CommunityDocumentations/70-049%20Lincoln/PG%2070-049%20Lincoln%20%20Community%20Survey.pdf AND WebDuBoois.org by Dr. Robert W. Williams, Ph.D. @http://www.webdubois.org/CallowayParisExhibit.html .


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