Augustus Granville Dill, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Augustus Granville Dill

American activist

Date of Birth: 30-Nov-1881

Date of Death: 08-Mar-1956

Profession: historian, human rights activist, sociologist, social worker

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Augustus Granville Dill (November 30, 1882 — March 8, 1956), was born in Portsmouth, Ohio.
His parents were John and Elizabeth Jackson.
He received his BA from Atlanta University in 1906, received a second BA from Harvard in 1908, and received his MA in 1909 from Harvard.
While in progress with his Masters at Harvard, he came under the mentorship of W.
E.
B.
Du Bois.
He was a member of the NAACP, and his resume is decorated with many different jobs from business manager of The Crisis and The Brownies' Book, curator, to musician (pianist).The Brownies' Book was a children's book that helped African American children gain a better self-image.
During his career in academia he made early and major contributions to race relations in labor.
He was never married, and, in 1928, was arrested for homosexual activities.
He died in Louisville, Kentucky, where he had moved in 1951 to live with his widowed sister.