# @rutgersu on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CLpEoWGLT56
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/182558-rutgersu-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-02-23T16:40:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Rutgers University (@RutgersU) — https://gondola.cc/RutgersU

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Dr. William Neal Brown was the first black professor at Rutgers. ⁣
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His accomplishments were unique and varied – he served with the Tuskegee Airmen as a Captain in the U.S. Army Air Force during WWII as a special services officer; he debated Malcolm X on the topic of “Integration or Separation” in 1961 at Rutgers School of Pharmacy in Newark, the debate sponsored by the @NAACP and the Black Students Association. A recording of the debate is now part of the permanent collection of the Library of Congress.⁣
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In 1969 he was selected by NASW-NJ as recipient of the Social Worker of the Year award; he retired from the School of Social Work in 1989 as a Professor Emeritus; in 2007 he was cited as “a courageous pioneer in breaking down racial barriers and promoting equality” and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor; he attended President Obama’s Inauguration as an honored guest in January 2009 with the Tuskegee Airmen. Dr. Brown was a leader in the field of social work and authored many papers and articles. His paper on alienated youth was translated into 39 languages throughout the world and remains as relevant today as it was decades ago.⁣
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Dr. Brown died in April 2009 at the age of 90.⁣
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Check back each week as we feature distinguished alumni, leaders, and other members of the Rutgers community throughout #BlackHistoryMonth.

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