Adelaide M. Cromwell

Adelaide M. Cromwell
A smiling middle aged Black woman
Adelaide Gulliver, from a 1978 publication
Born(1919-11-27)November 27, 1919[1]
Washington, D.C.
DiedJune 8, 2019(2019-06-08) (aged 99)
NationalityAmerican
Other namesAdelaide Cromwell Hill
Adelaide Cromwell Gulliver
Alma materSmith College
University of Pennsylvania
Radcliffe College
Occupation(s)Sociologist, Educator
Spouse(s)Henry A. Hill[2]
Philip H. Gulliver[3]
ChildrenAnthony Cromwell Hill[4]

Adelaide McGuinn Cromwell (November 27, 1919 – June 8, 2019) was an American sociologist and professor emeritus at Boston University, where she co-founded the African Studies Center in 1959,[5] and directed the graduate program in Afro-American studies from 1969 to 1985.[5] She was the first African-American instructor at Hunter College and at Smith College. In 1974 she was appointed as the first African-American Library Commissioner for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She has written several books on black history, including a groundbreaking study of Boston's black upper class and a biography of Adelaide Casely-Hayford. She died in June 2019 at the age of 99.[6]

  1. ^ "Adelaide Cromwell". The History Makers.
  2. ^ "October 2013 Monthly Meeting Report". NESACS. Archived from the original on September 6, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  3. ^ "Englishman Scholar Weds Afro-American Studies Head". Jet: 18. June 7, 1973.
  4. ^ Page, Charles Hunt (1982). Fifty Years in the Sociological Enterprise: A Lucky Journey. University of Massachusetts Press. p. 120. ISBN 9780870233739.
  5. ^ a b Barlow, Rich (June 20, 2019). "Adelaide Cromwell (Hon.'95), Founder of BU's African American Studies Program, Dies at 99". Boston University. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
  6. ^ "ADELAIDE CROMWELL Obituary". www.legacy.com. Brookline, MA. June 2019. Retrieved April 2, 2021 – via Boston Globe.