Kelly Miller on his front porch, 1936

ID: 3821 ~ Source: Courtesy of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University Archives, Howard University, Washington DC
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Education - "Kelly Miller Says"
Kelly Miller on his front porch, 1936
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Education - "Kelly Miller Says"

Born in South Carolina, Kelly Miller (1863-1939) graduated from Howard University in 1880. He was appointed to the Howard faculty in 1890, teaching mathematics and, after 1895, sociology. While teaching, he earned two more degrees from Howard, in…