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Stephen J. Wright
Stephen J. Wright
Born	Stephen Junius Wright Jr.; September 8, 1910; Dillon, South Carolina
Died	April 16, 1996 (aged 85); Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Alma mater	Hampton University; Howard University; New York University
Occupation	University administrator
Known for	President of Fisk University (1957–1966)
Spouse	Rosalind Wright

Stephen Junius Wright Jr. (September 8, 1910 – April 16, 1996)^[2] was an American academic administrator. He served as the seventh president of Fisk University, a historically black university in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1957 to 1966.^[3]^[4] He was also the president of the United Negro College Fund.^[5] In 1960, Wright served on a committee chaired by Madison Sarratt to put an end to the Nashville sit-ins.^[6]

Wright served on the National Commission for Libraries appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. ^[7]

References

^ U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
^ "Stephen J. Wright Presidential Papers 1957–1966" (PDF). Retrieved February 3, 2018.
^ "Stephen Wright, 85; Led in Education for Blacks". The New York Times. April 19, 1996. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
^ "Stephen J. Wright Jr. Dies". The Washington Post. April 20, 1996. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
^ Benavides, Lisa (April 20, 1996). "Stephen Wright dies; a former Fisk president". The Tennessean. p. 3. Retrieved January 26, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Houston, Benjamin (2012). The Nashville Way: Racial Etiquette and the Struggle for Social Justice in a Southern City. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. pp. 106–107. ISBN 9780820343266. OCLC 940632744.
^ Knight, Douglas N. and Nourse, E. Shepley; Libraries At Large: Tradition, Innovation, and the National Interest, New York, R. R. Bowker, 1969.