Dr. Cornelius Golightly was the first Black faculty member of the Philosophy Department at the University of Wisconsin \u2013 Milwaukee.\u202fHe originally was a member of the University of Wisconsin Extension College in Milwaukee which was one of the two schools that merged to become UWM in 1955. He remained a member of the Department\u202fof Philosophy until 1969 when he took a job at Wayne State University as Associate Dean and Professor of Philosophy.<\/p>\n
During his time at UWM Dr. Golightly was a scholar, activist, and public philosopher.\u202fHe published in top tier philosophy journals such as the Journal of Philosophy, Philosophical Review, Philosophy\u202fof Science, The Monist<\/em>, and the like. His academic work addressed philosophical topics of interest\u202fat the time (e.g., Mind-body Causation, The James Lange theory of emotion). Writings in more public venues engaged matters of concern to the Black educational community.\u202f While in Milwaukee he was very active in public education. He was the first African American elected to the Milwaukee School Board.\u202fDr. Golightly fought to introduce busing to promote the integration of Black students into schools throughout the city, and in the early 1960s he advocated for a federally sponsored free breakfast program for poor students. Unfortunately, both efforts were thwarted.<\/p>\n There is a biography of Cornelius Golightly in the most recent APA Newsletter for Philosophy and the Black Experience<\/em>.\u202fIt is a republished version of this article at Black Pas<\/em>t: https:\/\/www.blackpast.org\/african-american-history\/dr-cornelius-golightly-1917-1976-life-academic-and-public-intellectual\/<\/p>\n Here is a partial bibliography of Dr. Golightly\u2019s work (compiled by Margaret Atherton):<\/p>\n 1941 Thought and Language in Whitehead\u2019s Categories<\/em>, Doctoral Dissertaion, University of Michigan<\/p>\n 1942 \u201cNegro Higher Education and Democratic Negro Morale\u201d The Journal of Negro Education<\/em><\/p>\n 1942 \u201cEngland in East Africa\u201d<\/p>\n 1945 \u201cThe Psychopathology of Crime\u201d The Journal of Negro Education<\/em><\/p>\n 1945 \u201cNegro Employment in the Federal Government\u201d JADavis, CL Golightly, Phylon<\/em>.<\/p>\n 1947 \u201cRace, Values and Guilt\u201d, Social Forces<\/em><\/p>\n 1947 \u201cSocial Science and Normative Ethics\u201d The Journal of Philosophy<\/em><\/p>\n 1951 \u201cInquiry and Whitehead\u2019s Schematic Method\u201d Philosophy and Phenomenological Research<\/em><\/p>\n 1952 \u201cMind-body, causation and correlation\u201d Philosophy of Science<\/em><\/p>\n 1952 \u201cLegerdemain in Ethics\u201d The Philosophical Review<\/em><\/p>\n 1953 \u201cThe James-Lange theory: a logical post-mortem\u201d Philosophy of Science<\/em><\/p>\n 1955 \u201cOn Scientific Inference\u201d The Midwest Sociologist<\/em><\/p>\n 1956 \u201cValue as a Scientific Concept\u201d The Journal of Philosophy<\/em><\/p>\n 1963 \u201cDe Facto Segregation in Milwaukee Schools\u201d Integrated Education<\/em><\/p>\n 1968 \u201cThe Negro and Respect for the Law\u201d Chicago Daily Law Bulletin <\/em>April 25, 1968<\/p>\n 1971 \u201cA Philosopher\u2019s view of values and ethics\u201d The Personnel and Guidence Journal<\/em><\/p>\n 1972 \u201cEthics and Moral Activism\u201d The Monist<\/em><\/p>\n 1974 \u201cJustice and \u2018Discrimination For\u2019 in Higher Education\u201d Philosophic Exchange<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dr. Cornelius Golightly was the first Black faculty member of the Philosophy Department at the University of Wisconsin \u2013 Milwaukee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19040,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[40,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-past-events","category-past-news"],"yoast_head":"\n