Adelaide McGuinn Cromwell (1919 - 2019)

Born 27 Nov 1919 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Biography

Adelaide Cromwell is Notable.

Adelaide Cromwell is a part of US Black heritage.

Sociologist and historian of African-American studies. She founded the Boston University graduate program in that subject in 1969. Her academic specialty was the history of the Black professional class the Boston area.

She was the first African-American professsor at Hunter College and at her alma mater, Smith College. She then taught at Boston University from 1951 to she retired in 1985.

She had several notable family members:

• John Wesley Cromwell Jr. - first African-American CPA in Washington, D.C. - Father
• John Wesley Cromwell, well-known civil rights activist and educator - Grandfather
• Senator Edward Brooke - Cousin
• Otelia Cromwell, first African-American graduate of Smith College - Aunt

Education:

• Dunbar High School, Washington, D.C. (1936)
• Smith College, B.A. in sociology (1940)
• University of Pennsylvania, M.A. in sociology (1941)
• Bryn Mawr College, social casework certificate
• Radcliffe College, Ph.D. in sociology (1946)
  • Her thesis was later expanded and published as The Other Brahmins: Boston's Black Upper Class, 1750-1950

Publications

• Apropos of Africa: Sentiments of Negro American Leaders on Africa from the 1800s to the 1950s. Psychology Press. 1969.
• Developing a Black Meritocracy: A History of Black Graduates of the Boston Latin School''. Boston University Press. 1985.
• An African Victorian Feminist; the Life and Times of , 1868-1960. Howard University Press. 1992.
• The Other Brahmins: Boston's Black Upper Class, 1750-1950''. University of Arkansas Press. 1994.
• Unveiled Voices, Unvarnished Memories: The Cromwell Family in Slavery and Segregation, 1692-1972. University of Missouri Press. 1996.

Sources

• Rich Barlow, "Adelaide Cromwell (Hon.'95), Founder of BU's African American Studies Program, Dies at 99". BU Today, Boston University. June 20, 2019.
• "Brookline's Adelaide Cromwell receives historic preservation award," Wicked Local.
• Andreae Downs, "Her speciality: celebrating the black Brahmins," Boston Globe, November 4, 2007.

See also:

• Adelaide Cromwell, History Makers Interview Tapes, December 2, 2004.
• Wikipedia: Adelaide M. Cromwell