"H" is for Hancock, Gordon Blaine [1884-1970]. Educator, writer. After graduating from Benedict College, Hancock became the principal of Seneca Institute in Oconee County. After receiving degrees from Colgate and Harvard he accepted a professorship at Virginia Union University in Richmond. Hancock wrote a weekly column, “Between the Lines” for the Norfolk Journal & Guide, a black newspaper with a national circulation; he also wrote a comparable syndicated column for the Associated Negro Press. The latter ran for three decades in 114 African American newspapers. In 1942 Gordon Blaine Hancock was instrumental in convening a conference of black Southern leaders in Durham, North Carolina and a primary contributor to the Durham Manifesto that called for African Americans to reject the racial status quo in the South and to press for the right to vote.
"H" is for Hancock, Gordon Blaine [1884-1970]
