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234: 33: 999: 975: 763:, as the Chair of the English Department. She was the first staff member at Oakwood to hold a doctoral qualification and was instrumental in assisting the college to gain accreditation. Dykes retired in 1968 but returned to Oakwood to teach in 1970 and continued until 1975. In 1973 the Oakwood College library was named in her honor and in 1980 she was made a 987: 727:
After her graduation from Radcliffe in 1921, Dykes continued to teach at Dunbar High School until 1929 when she returned to Howard University as a member of the English Faculty. An excellent teacher, Dykes won a number of teaching awards during her 15 years of service at Howard University. Her
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towards slavery and his influence on American writers. Dykes was the first black American woman to complete the requirements for a doctoral degree; however, because Radcliffe College held its graduation ceremonies later in the spring, she was the third to graduate, behind
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Incorporated's first official scholarship. After a short stint of teaching at Walden University in Nashville, Tennessee, Dykes attended
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in 1914. While attending Howard University, where several family members had studied, Eva was initiated into the Alpha chapter of
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presented Dykes with a Citation of Excellence honouring her for an outstanding contribution to
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Sonya Ramsey. "Dykes, Eva Beatrice" in Susan Ware and Stacey Braukman (editors)
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The Negro in English Romantic Thought: Or a Study in Sympathy for the Oppressed
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The Negro in English Romantic Thought: Or a Study in Sympathy for the Oppressed
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Washington, DC
Huntsville
Alabama
Howard University
Radcliffe College
PhD

Washington, D.C.
Dunbar High School
summa cum laud
Howard University
B.A.
Delta Sigma Theta
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Radcliffe College
magna cum laude
M.A
Phi Beta Kappa
Harvard University
Alexander Pope
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander
Georgiana R. Simpson
a series
Seventh-day
Adventist Church

James and Ellen White
History
Christianity
Protestantism
Millerism

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