[NFBV-Announce] Black History Month Day 3

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Hey NFB Family and Friends,

 

Enjoy  below!  Please join us every day this month as our Black Empowerment
Committee teaches us about African Americans throughout history.

 

Day 3 of Black History Month

 

William Arthur Lewis, born in Castries, Saint Lucia in 1915, accomplished
many "firsts" during this lifetime. 

 

He earned a government scholarship to attend the London School of Economics
(LSE) at 18, becoming the first black individual to gain acceptance there.
He later became the first black faculty member at LSE after being offered a
teaching position in 1938. 

 

He was knighted by the British government for his achievements and for his
contributions to the field of economics in 1963. That same year, he was
appointed to the position of University Professor at Princeton University.
He was the first black instructor to be given a full professorship.  

Sir Lewis and Theodore Schultz received the Nobel prize in Economics in
1979, "for their pioneering research into economic development research with
particular consideration of the problems of developing countries." 

 

To date, Sir William Arthur Lewis is the only black individual to receive
the honor in the field of Economics. He died in 1991 and is buried on the
grounds of the community college that bears his name in Saint Lucia. 

 

Submitted by : Andre Hill

 


Peace,

Jacki Bruce

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