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Raymond A. Winbush, Ph.D.
BIOGRAPHY
Director, Institute for Urban Research, Morgan State University
1995-2002 Benjamin Hooks Professor of Social Justice, Fisk University
1995-2002 Director, Race Relations Institute, Fisk University
1991-1995 Assistant Provost/Director Johnson Black Cultural Center, Vanderbilt University
Consultant, Encyclopaedia Africana Project Accra, Ghana, West Africa
Education:
A native of Cleveland Ohio. A product of public school education. In 1970, he graduated with honors in psychology from Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama, and during his undergraduate education there, won scholarships to both Harvard and Yale Universities.
After graduation he won a fellowship to the University of Chicago and received both his Masters and Ph.D. in psychology in 1973 and 1976 respectively.From 1973 to 1980, Dr. Winbush taught at Oakwood College and Alabama A & M University in Huntsville before coming to Vanderbilt University in the fall of that year. At Vanderbilt he held an adjunct professorship in the Department of Psychology.
2001: Delegate to United Nations, World Conference Against Racism, Durban, South Africa
2000: Fisk 2000 Study Tour of Ghana-
It is important that Black people, throughout the world, have a clear understanding that Dr. Du Bois's and Dr. Nkrumah's call for a series of books, defining the world from an African-centered viewpoint, is still alive and well with the Encyclopaedia Africana Project, in Ghana.
Fisk University's historic Race Relations Institute-
In the tradition of the legendary Sankofa Bird of Ghana, fetches from the past and accompanies you on a ten day tour of beautiful Ghana, West Africa, to study the works of W.E.B. Du Bois, Kwame Nkrumah, George Padmore and the culture and people of Ghana, West Africa.
1997: "National Dialogue on Race"-
A recently received five-year $2.6 million grant from the Kellogg Foundation will establish a "National Dialogue on Race" that will create regional conversations on the most troubling issue of our times: Race Relations.
1996: Ghana Research Fellowship-
Studied the last two years of Du Bois's life in Accra, Ghana, West Africa and his work with the Encyclopaedia Africana. An article published in the Independence Day 40th Anniversary issue of Ghana Review International, UK, examines Du Bois's motivation and collaboration with President Kwame Nkrumah regarding this monumental work.
Professional Consultants:
Association of Black Culture Centers
Former President of the Southern Region.
Encyclopaedia Africana Project
Grant Writer; Technical Consultant,
Editorial Board, Journal of Black Studies
National Council for Black Studies (NCBS)Executive Board member.
Travel
Ghana, Nigeria, Togo, France, England, Ecuador, Honduras, Jamaica and Belgium.
Purpose: To understand how African culture has influenced world culture.
Hobbies
Writing, jazz, rap music, computers and photography.
Family
Proud father of three children: Omari, Sharifa and Faraji Winbush.
Favorite Internet Links: African Studies (University of Pennsylvania) Encyclopaedia Africana Project (EAP) Morgan State University Sun Tzu's "The Art War".
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