Edmund Fitzgerald Fredericks

	Edmund Fitzgerald Fredericks Edmund Fitzgerald Fredericks (–1935) was a lawyer and educator from British Guiana. Fredericks came to the United States to study to become a lawyer, settling in North Carolina in 1903. He graduated from Shaw University in 1905. He became the principal and teacher of the segregated Mooresville Colored School. He worked there until 1917, then moved to England, where he worked during World War I in the War Office. Fredericks became involved in the African Progress Union (APU). Fredericks served as a delegate to the first Pan-African Congress in 1919. That same year, he returned to British Guiana. Fredericks, along with Theodore Theophilus Nichols started the Negro Progress Convention (NPC) in 1922. This organization was meant to assist Black people in British Guiana, and worldwide. In 1923, he was living in Georgetown, Guyana. Fredericks created trade schools for young people and established scholarship A scholarship is a form of financial aid awarded to students for furth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	British Guiana British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies, which resides on the northern coast of South America. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana. The first European to encounter Guiana was Sir Walter Raleigh, an English explorer. The Dutch were the first Europeans to settle there, starting in the early 17th century, when they founded the colonies of Essequibo and Berbice, adding Demerara in the mid-18th century. In 1796, Great Britain took over these three colonies during hostilities with the French, who had occupied the Netherlands. Britain returned control to the Batavian Republic in 1802 but captured the colonies a year later during the Napoleonic Wars. The colonies were officially ceded to the United Kingdom in 1815 and consolidated into a single colony in 1831. The colony's capital was at Georgetown (known as Stabroek prior to 1812). The economy has become more diversified since the late 19th century but has relied on r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Scholarship A scholarship is a form of financial aid awarded to students for further education. Generally, scholarships are awarded based on a set of criteria such as academic merit, diversity and inclusion, athletic skill, and financial need. Scholarship criteria usually reflect the values and goals of the donor of the award, and while scholarship recipients are not required to repay scholarships, the awards may require that the recipient continue to meet certain requirements during their period of support, such maintaining a minimum grade point average or engaging in a certain activity (e.g., playing on a school sports team for athletic scholarship holders). Scholarships also range in generosity; some range from covering partial tuition ranging all the way to a 'full-ride', covering all tuition, accommodation, housing and others. Some prestigious, highly competitive scholarships are well-known even outside the academic community, such as Fulbright Scholarship and the Rhodes Scholar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Guyanese Activists Guyanese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Guyana * A person from Guyana, or of Guyanese descent. For information about the Guyanese people, see: Guyanese people Demographics of Guyana ** Culture of Guyana * Guyanese cuisine * Guyanese Creole See also Guianese French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label= French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic coast of South America in the Guianas. It ..., of from, or related to the country of French Guiana {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Guyanese Lawyers Guyanese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Guyana * A person from Guyana, or of Guyanese descent. For information about the Guyanese people, see: Guyanese people Demographics of Guyana ** Culture of Guyana * Guyanese cuisine * Guyanese Creole See also Guianese, of from, or related to the country of French Guiana {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Shaw University Alumni Shaw may refer to: Places Australia Shaw, Queensland Canada Shaw Street, a street in Toronto England Shaw, Berkshire, a village Shaw, Greater Manchester, a location in the parish of Shaw and Crompton * Shaw, Swindon, a suburb of Swindon Shaw, Wiltshire, a village near Melksham Philippines Shaw Boulevard, a major thoroughfare in Metro Manila *Shaw Boulevard station, a station of the MRT-3 United States Shaw, Kansas, an unincorporated community Shaw, Mississippi, a city Mount Shaw, a summit in the Ossipee Mountains of New Hampshire * Shaw Creek (Ohio), a stream in Ohio Shaw, Tennessee, now known as Burwood, Tennessee Shaw, West Virginia, a ghost town Shaw, Washington, D.C., a neighborhood Shaw, St. Louis, Missouri, a neighborhood * Shaw Air Force Base, US Air Force base in South Carolina People Shaw (name), people with "Shaw" as given name or surname Shao, Chinese surname, also spelled "Shaw" Clan Shaw of Tordarroch, a Scottish clan Education Shaw Acad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]