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- With the assistance of Virginia Normal's first president, John Mercer Langston, Lewis transferred to Amherst College in Massachusetts. He worked as a waiter to earn his college expenses.
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William Henry Lewis (November 28, 1868 – January 1, 1949) was an African-American pioneer in athletics, law and politics. Born in Virginia to freedmen , he graduated from Amherst College in Massachusetts, where he had been one of the first African-American college football players.
Jul 31, 2012 · He began his college education at Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute at age 15 but transferred to Amherst a year later, graduating in 1891 in the same class with Calvin Coolidge. Lewis played football at Amherst and was elected team captain in his senior year (1890).
Born in Virginia, Lewis had entered the state’s first college for blacks, the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute (now Virginia State University), at 15 and come under the influence of its president, John Mercer Langston, who helped him transfer to Amherst College.
Jul 28, 2017 · Lewis, a son of slaves from Beckley, Va., started college when he was 15 years old at Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute (now Virginia State University). His diligence at the state's first college for African-Americans gave him the opportunity to transfer to Amherst College in Massachusetts.
Feb 2, 2016 · Celebrating College Football's Racial Pioneers: The Ivy League. Decades before the creation of the Ivy League, its member schools led the way in the integration of college football. William Henry Lewis, born in Berkeley, Va., in 1868 to a pair of emancipated slaves, paved the way.
By Daphne Abeel, 2002. William Henry Lewis, a graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School, was an outstanding athlete and an orator for his college class (1892). He carried on a successful law practice in Boston, served on the Cambridge City Council, was elected to the Massachusetts legislature, and was appointed assistant attorney ...
Dec 27, 2012 · Lewis became the fourth African American to graduate from Harvard Law School. He gained admission to the Massachusetts bar in 1895 and set up a law practice at 804 Barristers Hall in Boston, associating with white attorneys John L. Dyer and Albert A. Bridgham.
