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Current | Archive January 9, 2004 Press Contact: Allegra Young, UT Law, (512) 471-7330. In Memoriam: Jacob H. Carruthers, Jr., 1930-2004 Integrated The University of Texas School of Law with six other African American men in 1950
AUSTIN, Texas � Dr. Jacob H. Carruthers, Jr., who died on Jan. 4, in Chicago, Illinois, was one of the six African Americans who first attended The University of Texas School of Law in 1950. The other students were Elwin Franklin Jarmon, Virgil C. Lott, Dudley D. Redd, Heman Marion Sweatt, and George Washington Jr. The Chicago Tribune in its January 7 edition stated that Carruthers, a professor and scholar at Northeastern Illinois for 32 years, spent much of the past 20 years studying Egyptian hieroglyphics in creating a body of work to prove that Western interpretations excluded Africans' role in shaping world civilizations. Carruthers grew up in Texas and graduated from Wheatley High School in Houston. He received a bachelor's degree in political science from Samuel Huston College in Austin. In 1950, he was among the first African American students to integrate the University of Texas Law School. Dr. Carruthers left after one year, went into the Air Force for two years, then obtained a master's degree and doctorate (University of Colorado, Boulder). He taught political science at Kansas State College and then began teaching at Northeastern Illinois in 1968. He was the author of several books and essays, including Intellectual Warfare and Essays in Ancient Egyptian Studies, and he lectured around the world on African civilization history. Dr. Carruthers also was the founding president of the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations and co-founder of the teacher-training program, Teaching About Africa. "We have worked for decades to create a diverse student body and alumni, and this work started with Jacob Carruthers, Jr., Heman Marion Sweatt, and the other courageous men and women who integrated our law school. Jacob challenged the status quo and made our world a better place. We thank him for his courage, and our best thoughts are with his family at this time," said Dean Bill Powers. "Dr. Carruthers was a scholar, patriot, and pioneer. His bravery in 1950 would mean that future generations of African Americans could enjoy the benefits of attending one of the country's top law schools. We are forever indebted to him for his dedication to the cause of advancing civil rights. While he will undoubtably be missed by his family, friends, and associates, he has left a legacy that will stand the test of time," said Keith Smith, the President of UT Law's Thurgood Marshall Legal Society. Today The University of Texas School of Law has been recognized as the national leader among schools working to broaden their traditional applicant pool. Hispanic Business Magazine wrote, "The University of Texas School of Law has produced more Hispanic and African-American graduates combined than any other law school in the United States (with the exception of the historically African-American schools such as Howard University.)" The students today reflect a diverse mix of educational, cultural and professional backgrounds. UT Law alumni include 1,564 Hispanic alumni, 698 African American alumni, 322 Asian-American alumni, and 46 Native American alumni. Over the years, these graduates have included a cabinet secretary, nine federal judges, mayors of the two largest cities in Texas, two Texas Supreme Court Justices, and numerous leaders of the bar, business, and government.
Dr. Jacob H. CarruthersJacob H. Carruthers is a founding director of the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations and a current member of its national board of directors. He is a founding member of both the Kemetic Institute of Chicago and the Temple of the African Community of Chicago. He is the acting director of the Center for Inner City Studies, Northeastern Illinois University, where he also serves as a professor. He is the author of Science and Oppression, The Irritated Genie, and Mdw Ntr Divine Speech.
WORKS BY DR. JACOB HUDSON CARRUTHERS Compiled by RUNOKO RASHIDI
Carruthers, Jacob H. "Science and Oppression." Chicago: Kemetic Institute, 1972.
Carruthers, Jacob H. "Futurity and the Black Race in the Western Hemisphere." Black Books Bulletin 4, No. 2 (Summer 1976): 40-43.
Carruthers, Jacob H. Review of Cultural Unity of Black Africa, by Cheikh Anta Diop. In Black Books Bulletin 5, No. 4 (1977): 46-48.
Carruthers, Jacob H. "Writing for Eternity." Black Books Bulletin 5, No. 2 (1977): 32-34.
Carruthers, Jacob H. "Cheikh Anta Diop: The Man Who Refuses to be Forgotten, Part I." The Black American, 14-20 Jun 1979: 30-31.
Carruthers, Jacob H. "Cheikh Anta Diop: The Man Who Refuses to be Forgotten, Part II." The Black American, 21-27 Jun 1979: 30-34.
Carruthers, Jacob H. "African Political Thought: A Question of the Foundation, Part I." The Black American 18, No. 25 (1979): 30-31.
Carruthers, Jacob H. "African Political Thought: A Question of the Foundation, Part II." The Black American 18, No. 26 (1979).
Carruthers, Jacob H. "Reflections on the History of the Afrocentric Worldview." Black Books Bulletin 7, No. 1 (1980): 4-7.
Carruthers, Jacob H. "Maat: The African Universe." Journal of Black Studies 1, No. 1 (Summer-Fall 1982): 27-33.
Carruthers, Jacob H. "Orientation and Problems in the Redemption of Ancient Egypt." Journal of Black Studies 1, No. 2 (1983).
Carruthers, Jacob H. Essays in Ancient Egyptian Studies. Foreword by Maulana Karenga. Los Angeles: University of Sankore Press, 1984.
Carruthers, Jacob H. The Irritated Genie: An Essay on the Haitian Revolution. Chicago: Kemetic Institute, 1985.
Carruthers, Jacob H. "The United Two Lands." Journal of Black Studies (Fall 1985): 40-50.
Carruthers, Jacob H. "A Legend in His Own Time, Diop Put Africa in Proper Perspective." The Final Call, 30 Aug 1986: 26.
Carruthers, Jacob H. "The Wisdom of Governance in KemetRestoration. Edited by Maulana Karenga and Jacob H. Carruthers. Los Angeles: University of Sankore Press, 1986: 3-29.
Carruthers, Jacob H. Who Were the Ancient Egyptians? Chicago: Carruthers, 1991.
Carruthers, Jacob H. "Outside Academia: Bernal's Critique of Black Champions of Ancient Egypt." Journal of Black Studies 22, No. 4 (1992): 459-76.
Carruthers, Jacob H. African or American: A Question of Intellectual Allegiance. Chicago: Kemetic Institute, 1994.
Carruthers, Jacob H. "Reflections on the Founding of the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations." Kemetic Institute 2, No. 4 (1994): 1.
Carruthers, Jacob H. Mdr Ntr: Divine Speech (A Historiographical Reflection on African Deep Thought from the Time of the Pharaohs to the Present). Foreword by John Henrik Clarke. London: Karnak House, 1995.
Carruthers, Jacob H. "The Elder's Staff Tell Our Children: Renew the Instructions of Their Mothers and Fathers." Louisiana Weekly, 14-20 Oct 1996: Page 10, Section A.
Carruthers, Jacob H., Rekhety Wimby, and Roosevelt H. Roberts. Kemetic Name Book. Chicago: Kemetic Institute, 1987.
Carruthers, Jacob H., and Maulana Karenga, eds. Kemet and the African Worldview: Research, Rescue and Restoration. Los Angeles: University of Sankore Press, 1986.
ASCAC - Dr. Jacob H. Carruthers Biography www.ascac.org/bios/jacobcarruthersbio.html
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