Adelaide M. Cromwell
Adelaide M. Cromwell | |
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Adelaide Gulliver, from a 1978 publication | |
| Born | November 27, 1919 |
| Died | June 8, 2019 (aged 99) |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Adelaide Cromwell Hill Adelaide Cromwell Gulliver |
| Alma mater | Smith College University of Pennsylvania Radcliffe College |
| Occupation(s) | Sociologist, Educator |
| Spouse(s) | Henry A. Hill Philip H. Gulliver |
| Children | Anthony Cromwell Hill |
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Adelaide McGuinn Cromwell (November 27, 1919 – June 8, 2019) was an American sociologist and professor emeritus at Boston University, where she co-founded the African Studies Center in 1959, and directed the graduate program in Afro-American studies from 1969 to 1985. She was the first African-American instructor at Hunter College and at Smith College. In 1974 she was appointed as the first African-American Library Commissioner for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She wrote several books on black history, including a groundbreaking study of Boston's black upper class and a biography of Adelaide Casely-Hayford. She died in June 2019 at the age of 99.