Is Alexander Jefferson still alive?
The oldest child of Alexander Jefferson and Jane White Jefferson, Jefferson was born on November 15, 1921, in Detroit, Michigan. William Jefferson White, Jefferson’s maternal great-grandfather, was born in the 1830s to a slave mother and a white slave owner. In Augusta, Georgia, where Morehouse College is currently located, Jefferson’s grandfather, a clergyman, founded an…
The oldest child of Alexander Jefferson and Jane White Jefferson, Jefferson was born on November 15, 1921, in Detroit, Michigan.
William Jefferson White, Jefferson’s maternal great-grandfather, was born in the 1830s to a slave mother and a white slave owner.
In Augusta, Georgia, where Morehouse College is currently located, Jefferson’s grandfather, a clergyman, founded an all-black boys ministerial school in 1867.
Jefferson was the sole African-American to attend Craft Elementary School, Munger Intermediate School, and Chadsey High School, where he graduated in 1938.
He earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Biology from Clark College in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1942.
Is Alexander Jefferson still alive?
Detroit, FOX 2 At the age of 100, Alexander Jefferson, a Tuskegee Airman who helped the United States win two wars, passed yesterday.
Lt. Col. Jefferson passed away this week after living a long life of service to his country.
In Rouge Park, where he spent many of his formative years as a citizen of Detroit, Jefferson celebrated his 100th birthday.
In his honour, the city also rededicated Jefferson Airfield.
