Jessie O. Thomas (21 December 1885 – 18 February 1972) was a prominent African-American educator from

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

. He was founder of the

Atlanta University Clark Atlanta University (CAU or Clark Atlanta) is a private, Methodist, historically black research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Clark Atlanta is the first Historically Black College or University (HBCU) in the Southern United States. Founde ...

School of Social Work in 1920 and first director of the Southern Field Division of the National Urban League. Thomas spoke at the 1921 opening of Joyland Park, Atlanta's first amusement park for blacks. He was appointed to a Red Cross position and trained at the Treasury Department to sepo war bonds.

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Jesse O. Thomas (1885-1972)
from the '' New Georgia Encyclopedia Online'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Jessie. O 1885 births 1972 deaths African-American history in Atlanta 20th-century American educators American Red Cross personnel People from Atlanta People from Pike County, Alabama 20th-century African-American educators