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Charles Sumner Duke

American architect, engineer and public official

Charles Sumner Duke (July 21, 1879 – June 15, 1952) was an architect, engineer, and public official who advocated for opportunities for African Americans and helped found the National Technical Association (NTA) in 1925.[1] His father was newspaperman and civil rights leader Jesse Duke.[2]

Early life and education

Duke was born in Selma, Alabama. His father, Jesse Duke, was a newspaper publisher whose anti-lynching editorial elicited a response that caused the family to flee to Pine Bluff, Arkansas.[3]

Duke studied at Branch Normal College, the Art Institute of Chicago, Phillips Exeter Academy,[4] and graduated from Harvard University[3][5] and the University of Wisconsin.

Career and military service

He moved to Chicago in 1908.[3] He was hired by the city of Chicago's Department of Public Works, Bureau of Engineering, in 1914, as a construction engineer. In 1916, Duke joined the U.S. Army, serving on the Mexican bor

Charles Sumner Duke (abt. 1879 - abt. 1952)

CharlesSumner(Charles S.)Duke

Born about in Selma, Dallas, Alabama, United States
Ancestors

Son of Jesse Chisholm Duke and Willie Evelyn (Black) Duke

Brother of Edward Everette Duke and Esther Pauline (Duke) Hamilton

[spouse(s) unknown]

[children unknown]

Died about at about age 72in Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

Charles S. Duke is Notable.

Charles Sumner Duke was an architect, engineer, public official and an advocate for African-American careers in the technical fields.[1]

Charles Sumner Duke was born on Jul 21, 1879 in Selma, Dallas, Alabama to Jesse C. Duke and Willie E. Black.[2]

In 1880, Charles S. Duke was living in Selma, Dallas, Alabama with his parents Jesse C. Duke and Willie Duke. Jesse was a grocer.[3]

In 1887, Charles Duke and his family had to leave Alabama because his father, who had started a newspaper in 1886, had written an editorial that scandalized the White popu

Charles Sumner

American abolitionist and statesman (1811–1874)

For other people named Charles Sumner, see Charles Sumner (disambiguation).

"Senator Sumner" redirects here. For other uses, see Senator Sumner (disambiguation).

Charles Sumner

Portrait by Mathew Brady, c. 1865

In office
March 4, 1869 – March 11, 1874
Preceded byBenjamin Wade
Succeeded byZachariah Chandler
In office
March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1871
Preceded byJames M. Mason
Succeeded bySimon Cameron
In office
April 25, 1851 – March 11, 1874
Preceded byRobert Rantoul Jr.
Succeeded byWilliam B. Washburn
Born(1811-01-06)January 6, 1811
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedMarch 11, 1874(1874-03-11) (aged 63)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting placeMount Auburn Cemetery
Political partyWhig (1840–1848)
Free Soil (1848–1854)
Republican (1854–1870)
Liberal Republican (1870–1872)
Other political
affiliations
Radical Republicans (1854–1870)
Spouse

Alice Hooper

(m. 1866; div.&

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