Allison Davis, a middle-aged man with a buzzcut of graying hair, in a suit and tie

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1. The Conversation U.S. (theconversationus@newsie.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Mar-2023 10:50:11 JST The Conversation U.S.

   For one last #BlackHistoryMonth moment, let’s remember one of the trailblazers who have faded from memory:

   Allison Davis was the first Black American to earn tenure at a predominantly white university, and his pioneering anthropological research (conducted with his wife Elizabeth Stubbs Davis) had substantial real-world policy impact, by showing the effects of racism and the discriminatory nature of IQ tests.

   https://theconversation.com/allison-davis-forgotten-black-scholar-studied-and-faced-structural-racism-in-1940s-america-71933
   #BlackHistory #BlackMastodon #Histodons

   📷: Davis family