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Rayford Logan
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Rayford Wittingham Logan (January 7, 1897 - November 4, 1982) was an African American historian and Pan-African activist. He was best known for his study of post-Reconstruction America, a period he termed "the nadir of American race relations". In the late 1940s he was the chief advisor to the NAACP on international affairs.
In 1932, Logan was appointed to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Black Cabinet. He drafted Roosevelt's Executive Order prohibiting the exclusion of blacks from the military in World War II.[1]
In 1950-51, Logan became Director of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALF}.
Logan was the 15th General President of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.
- The Betrayal of the Negro (1954 and 1965).
- Dictionary of American Negro Biography.
- The Negro in the United States.
- Mason, Herman "Skip" [1997] (1999). The Talented Tenth: The Founders and Presidents of Alpha. Four-G Publishers. ISBN 1-885066-63-5.
| Preceded by Charles H. Wesley |
Alpha Phi Alpha General President 1941-1945 |
Succeeded by Belford Lawson, Jr. |
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