1. Hugh Morris Gloster was the seventh president of Morehouse College, responsible for establishing the Morehouse School of Medicine and the international studies program,.
11 Facts About Hugh Gloster
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Hugh Gloster was one of the founders of the College Language Association.
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Hugh Gloster was born in Brownsville, Tennessee, to John and Dora Gloster and grew up in Memphis.
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Hugh Gloster was the first alumnus president of Morehouse College.
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Hugh Gloster was married three times, to Louise Elisabeth Torrence, Beulah Victoria Harold, and Yvonne King Hugh Gloster.
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On September 3,1942 Hugh Gloster was beaten, arrested, and thrown off of the Jim Crow coach when he asked the conductor if two white occupants could move to another coach, due to overcrowding.
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Hugh Gloster signed a statement under duress and was fined $10, admitting to disorderly conduct and breaking Jim Crow law after he was threatened with a long jail term or a chain-gang sentence.
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Ironically, Spike Lee referenced Hugh Gloster as having voiced discriminating comments against Black people with dark complexion.
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Lee stated that Hugh Gloster complained that the actor portraying the college president in "School Daze" was too dark skinned.
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Hugh Gloster died on January 16,2002, at the age of 90.
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The Hugh Gloster building of the medical school is named for him.