Stephen J. Wright, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Stephen J. Wright

Date of Birth: 08-Sep-1910

Place of Birth: Dillon, South Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 16-Apr-1996

Profession: academic

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Stephen Junius Wright, Jr.
(September 8, 1910 – April 16, 1996) was an American academic administrator.
He served as the seventh president of Fisk University, a historically black university in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1957 to 1966.
He was also the president of the United Negro College Fund.
In 1960, Wright served on a committee chaired by Madison Sarratt to put an end to the Nashville sit-ins.