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出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/04/15 23:12 UTC 版)
Cleo Walter Blackburn, grandson of a former slave, was born September 27, 1909 in Port Gibson, Mississippi. He went to Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1928 from the family farm with $7.19 in his pocket. Blackburn earned a Bachelor’s Degree from the Butler University School of Religion in Indianapolis, IN and a Master’s Degree from Fisk University located in Nashville, TN. Blackburn also studied for a year at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and was a Rosenwald Fellow at Indiana University. He served as the head of the Department of Sociology and Economics at Knoxville College in Tennessee, and as the head of the Department of Records and Research at Tuskegee Institute [1], now known as Tuskegee University. Then in 1935, while still working for the institute, Blackburn was offered the position of Superintendent of the Indianapolis social service agency, Flanner House.[2] Blackburn was the Director of Flanner House from 1936 until his retirement in 1975. During his time at Flanner House, he was also the President of Jarvis Christian College [3] for a span of eleven years.