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Charles Sumner High School, St. Louis, MO
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Location:
St. Louis, MO
Enrollment:
1094 STUDENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Arthur Ashe |
Tennis |
10-Jul-1943 |
6-Feb-1993 |
First black man to win Wimbledon |
| Chuck Berry |
Singer |
18-Oct-1926 |
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My Ding-A-Ling |
| Grace Bumbry |
Singer |
4-Jan-1937 |
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Operatic mezzo-soprano, then soprano |
| Dick Gregory |
Activist |
12-Oct-1932 |
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Autobiography: NIGGER! |
| Charles A. Hayes |
Politician |
17-Feb-1918 |
8-Apr-1997 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1983-93 |
| Margaret Bush Wilson |
Activist |
30-Jan-1919 |
11-Aug-2009 |
NAACP Chairman, 1975-83 |
TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Edward Bouchet |
Physicist |
15-Sep-1852 |
28-Oct-1918 |
First African-American PhD |
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