Stephen J. 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]

Stephen J. Wright
BornSeptember 8, 1910[1]
Dillon, South Carolina
DiedApril 16, 1996(1996-04-16) (aged 85)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Alma materHampton University
Howard University
New York University
OccupationUniversity administrator
Known forPresident of Fisk University (1957–1966)
SpouseRosalind Wright

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.


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