Bethune, Mary McLeod (Mayesville)
The founder of the National Council for Negro Women
Famous Educators from United States
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Bloom, Harold
The literary critic who wrote 1973’s The Anxiety of Influence -
Dewey, John (Burlington)
Pragmatist educator of the early 20th century -
Dyson, Michael Eric (Detroit)
The author of the 2007 book Know What I Mean: Reflections on Hip-Hop -
Faust, Drew Gilpin (New York City)
The first woman president of Harvard University -
Giovanni, Nikki (Knoxville)
The poet who wrote "Ego-Tripping" -
Locke, Alain LeRoy (Philadelphia)
The African-American editor called "the father of the Harlem Renaissance" -
Mann, Horace (Franklin)
The "Father of American Education" -
McAuliffe, Christa (Boston)
The teacher who died in the Challenger explosion -
Paglia, Camille (Endicott)
The professor-author of 1990’s Sexual Personae -
Sullivan, Anne (Feeding Hills)
Helen Keller's tutor -
Washington, Booker T. (Franklin County)
The black educator who started the Tuskegee Institute -
West, Cornel (Tulsa)
The African American Studies professor who wrote Race Matters