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Dr. Adelaide Cromwell is a sociologist who spent most of her adult life in Boston, MA. She was born on November 27,1919 in Washington D.C. She focuses specifically on African American Studie and co-founded Boston University's African American Studies program. She is now retired after a long career as an academic and policy maker.

Education
Cromwell received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Smith College. She went onto receive her Masters from The University of Pennsylvania. Later, she earned a Certificate in social casework from Bryn Mawr College before going on to earn her Ph.D in sociology from Radcliffe College (of Harvard). She wrote her dissertation on the “Black Elite of Boston”.

Career
Cromwell was the first African American professor at both Hunter College and Smith College. She was also professor at Boston University from 1951 until 1985. In her time there, she helped found the African American Studies Program, where she served as administrator and research associate. In 1969 she was appointed director of the Afro-American Studies Graduate Program, the first of its kind in the United States. 1

Published Works

 * ''The Other Brahmins: Boston's Black Upper Class, 1750-1950"
 * Unveiled Voices, Unvarnished Memories: The Cromwell Family in Slavery and Segregation, 1692-1972
 * "An African Victorian Feminist: The Life and Times of Adelaide Smith Casely Hayford 1848-1960"