John A. Gregg

Born February 18, 1877, in Eureka, Kansas, John A. Gregg became a bishop of the A.M.E. Church. He served as a minister in Kansas, Missouri, and South Africa. Gregg also served as president of Edward Waters College in Florida, Wilberforce University in Ohio, and Bethel Institute in Cape Town, South Africa. Although Gregg was elected the first African American president of Howard University, he declined to serve. During World War II, as the representative of the fraternal Council of Negro Churches, Gregg visited all war fronts under the appointment of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.