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Birth Name:

Emily Lou Thornbrough

Female

Birth Date:

Fri, Jan 24, 1913

Time of Birth:

05:45 AM

Place of Birth:

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Age:

111

Zodiac Sign:

Aquarius

Astrology Data:

Sun

3°

Aqu

55'

Moon

29°

Leo

58'

Asc

11°

Cap

38'

MC

5°

Sco

35'

About Emma Lou Thornbrough

Emma Lou Thornbrough (January 24, 1913 – December 19, 1994) was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was a pioneer among professional historians in African-American history, a lifelong civil-rights activist in Indiana, a professor of history at Butler University from 1946 until her retirement in 1983, and an Indiana historian and author. Thornbrough's major scholarly contributions include several publications devoted to black history, such as The Negro in Indiana before 1900; Booker T. Washington; T. Thomas Fortune, Militant Journalist; Since Emancipation: A Short History of Indiana Negroes, 1863–1963; and Indiana Blacks in the Twentieth Century (published posthumously in 2000). She also wrote Indiana in the Civil War Era, 1850–1880, among other scholarly publications. In addition to her writing and research, Thornbrough was well known as a social activist and was especially active in Indianapolis civil rights groups, including the Indianapolis Human Relations Council, which she helped organize; the Indiana Civil Liberties Union; and the Indianapolis National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• "The Indianapolis Story School Segregation and Desegregation in a Northern City", full text, Indiana Historical Society

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Emma Lou Thornbrough: Sun 3 Aquarius, Moon 29 Leo, Mercury 21 Capricorn, Venus 19 Pisces, Mars 10 Capricorn, Jupiter 4 Capricorn, Saturn 27 Taurus, Uranus 3 Aquarius, Neptune 24 Cancer, Pluto 28 Gemini, Asc 11 Capricorn, Mc 5 Scorpio, Mercury Opposition Neptune, Sun Square Midheaven, Moon Sextile Pluto, Moon Square Saturn, Moon Trine Jupiter, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Semi Sextile Jupiter, Sun Conjunct Uranus, Mercury Sextile Venus, Venus Semi Square Uranus, Venus Trine Neptune, Venus Sesquiquadrate Midheaven, Mars Conjunct Jupiter, Mars Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Mars Conjunct Ascendant, Jupiter Semi Sextile Uranus, Jupiter Conjunct Ascendant, Jupiter Sextile Midheaven, Saturn Sextile Neptune, Saturn Semi Sextile Pluto, Saturn Sesquiquadrate Ascendant, Uranus Square Midheaven

Categories related to Emma Lou Thornbrough: January 24 births, 20th-century American women writers, University of Michigan alumni, American women historians, 20th-century American historians, 1994 deaths, Historians from Indiana, Writers from Indianapolis, 1913 births, Butler University alumni, Indiana Historical Society