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Snowden was largely known for his studies of black people in the ancient world. He documented that in ancient Rome and Greece racial prejudice was not an issue. Much of this, according to Snowden, is because most of the Africans encountered in Rome were not slaves. Most of the Africans documented in
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Rome and Greece met were warriors, statesmen, and mercenaries. Therefore, Africans were not subjected to the racism of modern civilization. He studied ancient art and literature, and he found mass evidence Africans were able to co-exist with the Greeks and Romans of the time.
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Snowden retired in 1976. In retirement, he taught at Howard as professor emeritus; he also taught at
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The Image of the Black in Western Art I: From the Pharaohs to the Fall of the Roman Empire
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Snowden married Elaine Hill Snowden in 1935, and lived with her in
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National Endowment for the Humanities (January–February 2004).
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Blacks in Antiquity: Ethiopians in the Greco-Roman Experience
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Blacks in Antiquity: Ethiopians in the Greco-Roman Experience
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National Endowment for the Humanities (November 14, 2003).
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Snowden served as a member of the American delegation to
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Frank M. Snowden, Jr.
Studio portrait photograph of a young black man, in a formal jacket and tie, with short hair and a short, neat moustache.
York County, Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Classical scholar
Cultural attaché
Frank M. Snowden III
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National Humanities Medal
Alma mater
Boston Latin School
Harvard University
Thesis
Virginia State College
Spelman College
Howard University
historian
classicist
black people
classical antiquity
emeritus
Howard University
UNESCO
cultural attaché
Rome
York County, Virginia
Boston
Boston Latin School
undergraduate
doctoral

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