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Quick facts for kids Oscar James Cooper | |
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| Born | 1888 (1888) |
| Died | 1972 (aged 83–84) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Howard University |
| Occupation | physician |
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Oscar James Cooper (1888-1972) was a physician and African-American cultural leader. He is known for cofounding Omega Psi Phi in Washington, D.C., the first fraternity founded by students at a historically black college.
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was a charter member of the Pyramid Club.
Life and career
Cooper was born in Washington, D.C. in 1888 and attended Howard University, receiving a Bachelor's degree in 1913 and a Doctor of Medicine in 1917.
Cooper majored in biology and was a lab assistant for biologist Ernest Everett Just.
On November 17, 1911, he cofounded Omega Psi Phi, a historically African-American fraternity, along with Edgar Amos Love and Frank Coleman under the mentorship of Just.
Discussion of the idea initially began between Love and
