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CHARLES WESLEY, 95; WAS SCHOLAR OF BLACK HISTORY, UNIVERSITY LEADER
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WASHINGTON - Charles H. Wesley, a noted black history
scholar, former dean of Howard University's graduate school and
former president of Wilberforce and Central State universities in
Ohio, has died at the age of 95.
Mr. Wesley died of pneumonia and cardiac arrest Aug. 16 at
Howard University Hospital.
"Charles Harris Wesley was a legend in his own time at
Howard," James E. Cheek, university president, said in 1982. "His
deep concern that the pages of history should objectively reflect
the contributions of black folk to American civilization was
monumental in its importance."
Mr. ...
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