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Mae C. Hawes
Mae C. Hawes (September 7, 1886 – February 1979) was an American educator and social worker, focused on Adult education, adult literacy. She held positions on the faculties of several Historically black colleges and universities, historically Black colleges, including Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta University, Bethune–Cookman University, Bethune-Cookman College, Tennessee State University, and Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Cheyney State College. Early life and education Hawes was born in Macon, Georgia, one of the fourteen children of Hampton B. Hawes and Janie Glover Hawes. Surgeon and activist Charles DeWitt Watts, Charles Dewitt Watts was one of her nephews.Merriweather, Lisa R"Waking up the World: Mae C. Hawes and Adult Education"in Susan Imel and Gretchen T. Bersch, eds., ''No Small Lives: Handbook of North American Early Women Adult Educators, 1925-1950'' (IAP 2014): 133-139. Hawes earned a bachelor's degree at Atlanta University, and a master's degree in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles DeWitt Watts
Charles DeWitt Watts (September 21, 1917 – July 12, 2004) was an African-American surgeon and activist for the poor. Watts was the first surgeon of African-American ancestry in North Carolina. Earning his medical degree in 1943 from Howard University College, he was the first African-American board-certified surgeon to serve in North Carolina. After surgical training at Freedman's Hospital in Washington, D.C., in 1949, he moved to Durham, North Carolina, in 1950 and established a clinic to provide access to medical services for the poor. Breaking the social customs of racial obstacles, he advocated for certification of African-American medical students. He also became a member of many professional colleges including the National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine and the American College of Surgeons. He served as chief of surgery at Durham's Lincoln Hospital and was later one of the key figures in converting it to the Lincoln Community Health Center, a low-priced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
