Charles Sumner High School, St. Louis, MO

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Charles Sumner High School, St. Louis, MO

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Enrollment:
1094

STUDENTS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Arthur Ashe Tennis 10-Jul-1943 6-Feb-1993 First black man to win Wimbledon

Chuck Berry Singer 18-Oct-1926 My Ding-A-Ling

Grace Bumbry Singer 4-Jan-1937 Operatic mezzo-soprano, then soprano

Dick Gregory Activist 12-Oct-1932 Autobiography: NIGGER!

Charles A. Hayes Politician 17-Feb-1918 8-Apr-1997 Congressman from Illinois, 1983-93

Margaret Bush Wilson Activist 30-Jan-1919 11-Aug-2009 NAACP Chairman, 1975-83

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Edward Bouchet Physicist 15-Sep-1852 28-Oct-1918 First African-American PhD

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