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About Robert Robinson Taylor
Robert Robinson Taylor (June 8, 1868 – December 13, 1942) was an American architect; by some accounts the first accredited African-American architect.
Architect, Educator. Taylor was raised in North Carolina. He was the first African American graduate of the United State School of Architecture and in 1892 became the first African American graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was an excellent student at the Massachusetts Institute and attracted the attention of Dr. Booker T. Washington who had earlier established Tuskegee Institute. Dr. Washington offered Robert Taylor a position to develop the industrial program at Tuskegee and to design and direct the construction of new building for the campus. In late 1892, Dr. Taylor joined Tuskegee Institute where he rose through the ranks and served for a time as vice principal. He designed many of the building at Tuskegee Institute, including the chapel which he considered his masterpiece. He was active in advancing the causes of African and African Americans. With Washington, he founded Negro health week and visited Liberia to select a site and design building for Tuskegee in Africa. He received an honorary doctorate from Lincoln University in 1929. Dr. Taylor died during a church service in the chapel he designed at Tuskegee Institute. (bio by: Kirk Binning)
From MIT event to commemorate Robert Robinson Taylor stamp MIT News: 2015 Event on May 13th will feature unveiling of a special pictorial postmark designed to memorialize stamp honoring Taylor, MIT’s first African-American graduate.
On Wednesday, May 13 at 2 p.m., MIT will host an event to celebrate the induction of Robert Robinson Taylor, MIT’s first African-American graduate, into the Postal Service’s Black Heritage Stamp Series. The United States Postal Service (USPS) released a limited edition Forever Stamp earlier this year to honor Taylor, who is believed to be the nation’s first academically trained black architect. During the event, MIT and the USPS will unveil a special pictorial postmark of the Taylor stamp designed to commemorate the event.
From Robert Robinson Taylor USPS Stamp Museum of Uncut Funk
His great granddaughter, White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, joined Postmaster General Megan Brennan in dedicating the stamp.
A’Lelia Bundles, Chairman of the National Archives Foundation; Allen Kane, Director of the National Postal Museum; Bernard L. Richardson, Dean of the Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel at Howard University; L. Rafael Reif, President of MIT; Megan Brennan, Postmaster General and CEO of the U.S. Postal Service®; Valerie Jarrett, White House Senior Advisor; Brian L. Johnson, President of Tuskegee University; Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee; Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General; Ronald A. Stroman, Deputy Postmaster General of the U.S. Postal Service®; Richard Kurin, Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture
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- Wikipedia, Find A Grave Memorial# 75158440, Encyclopedia of Alabama
- Residence: Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Son, Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, USA - 1880
- Residence: Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Head, Cleveland Ward 17, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA - 1900
- Residence: Marital Status: WidowedRelation to Head of House: Head, Precinct 1, Macon, Alabama, USA - 1910
- Residence: Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Head, Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama, USA - 1920
- Residence: Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Head, Tuskegee, Macon, Alabama, USA - 1930
- Residence: Wilmington, North Carolina, USA - 1934
- Residence: Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina - 1935
- Residence: Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Head, Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, USA - Apr 1 1940
- Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Feb 8 2017, 4:57:39 UTC
- https://www.blackhistory.mit.edu/story/robert-r-taylor
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Robert Robinson Taylor's Timeline
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June 8, 1868
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Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States
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April 12, 1899
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Tuskegee, Macon County, AL, United States
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October 15, 1900
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Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States
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1903
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Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
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April 20, 1904
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1915
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December 13, 1942
Age 74
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Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama, United States
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December 13, 1942
Age 74
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Pine Forest Cemetery, Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States
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