She defined a scribe as someone who writes books and documents by hand. They were found in liberate society and the kept sacred texts. Scribes have developed from our ancestors who wrote by hand to what we know today as journalists and lawyers. In ancient times there were scribes of every major estate. This continued until the advent of printing. Glutenburg was a 15th century european who introduced the printing press.
As we have learned before, Howard University is named after General Oliver Otis Howard and He can be defined as a scribe as well as many of the other figures that these buildings on campus are named after.
Mordecai Wyatt Johnson was one of our most eloquent scribes. From 1936-1960, he was the first african american president of Howard University.
More of our historical scribes include Inabel Burns who was the first dean of the School of Social Work and the only female academic dean in Washington, DC at this time, Jesse Moorland and Arthur Spingarn who the founders library is named after, Alain Locks, Zora Hurston, Lulu Vere Childers, Frederick Douglass, Ira Aldridge, and Louis C. Cramton who all have buildings on campus names after them.
The dormitories on campus are named after famous scribes as well. The Tubman Quadrangle (named after Harriet Tubman) include Prudence Crandall hall, Sojourner Truth hall, and Phillis Wheatly hall are named after great female scribes.
The Dormitories of Slowe, Bethune Annex, Drew, and Carver are named after Lucy Diggs Slowe, Mary McLeod Bethune, Charles R. Drew, and George Washington Carver who are also very eloquent scribes.
Before this lecture I can say all I thought a scribe did was write by hand. My understanding of a scribe is now better because I now know a scribe is not someone who just writes, but they are also very powerful people who have made an impact on not only America, but the black community as well.
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