Georg and Wilma Iggers were scholars and social activists whose long careers included teaching at Philander Smith College in Little Rock in the 1950s. The couple left Little Rock in 1957 and taught at other historically Black institutions before settling in New York, where their shared academic careers had international influence. Georg Iggers was born in Hamburg, Germany, on Dec. 7, 1926. He and his Jewish family fled Nazi Germany in 1938, landing in New York City before moving to Richmond, Va. Georg earned a bachelor's degree in romance languages from the University of Richmond at the age of 17,...
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