Spencer Crew

Spencer Crew
Director of the Museum of African-American History
Interim
Assumed office
2019 – 2020
Member of the United States Postal Service's Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office
2018
Personal details
BornSpencer R. Crew
(1949-01-07) January 7, 1949 (age 77)
EducationRutgers University
OccupationProfessor, museum director, curator and writer

Spencer Crew (born January 7, 1949) is an American professor, museum director, curator and writer.

Early life and education

Born on January 7, 1949, in Woodmere Village, Ohio, Spencer R. Crew obtained a B.A. degree in history in 1971 from Brown University, and then from Rutgers University received his M.A. degree in history in 1973 and his Ph.D. in history in 1979. In 2003, he was named to the Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni.

Career

Crew's career in museums began in 1981 when he was hired to work as a historian at the National Museum of American History (NMAH). In 1986, he curated his first exhibition at the museum, Field to Factory: African-American Migration, 1915–1940. He became the first African-American director of the NMAH in 1994.

In 2001, he became the director of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.

In 2019, Crew was appointed the interim director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Crew is the Clarence J. Robinson Professor of U.S. history at George Mason University.

References

  1. ↑ Pendergast, Sara; Pendergast, Tom (March 16, 2006). Contemporary Black Biography: Profiles from the International Black Community. Gale / Cengage Learning. ISBN 9780787679279 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Spencer Crew". The HistoryMakers. January 23, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "Spencer Crew". American Historical Association. Archived from the original on October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Faculty and Staff: Spencer Crew". George Mason University. Archived from the original on October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  5. ↑ John Hollis (June 6, 2019). "Smithsonian museum is 'in good hands' with Spencer Crew". George Mason University. Archived from the original on June 9, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  6. ↑ Sciolino, Elaine (September 20, 2001). "Another Smithsonian Director Resigns". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
    - "Backstory". Cincinnati Magazine. Emmis Communications. July 16, 2005 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ McGlone, Peggy (May 29, 2019). "Lonnie Bunch's Smithsonian promotion leaves big shoes to fill at the African American Museum". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
    - Beaujon, Andrew (May 28, 2019). "Who Will Be the Next Leader of the National Museum of African American History & Culture?". Washingtonian. Archived from the original on June 2, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
  8. ↑ Curtis Tat McClatchy (September 21, 2016). "Smithsonian train exhibit preserves lost history of Jim Crow South". McClatchy DC Bureau. Archived from the original on October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.