Arthur Ulysses Craig

Arthur Ulysses Craig was born in Weston, Missouri, U.S.A. in December 1872. Graduating from Atchison High School in 1890, he matriculated at the School of Electrical Engineering, Kansas University in the autumn of 1893. On 16 July 1895, Arthur Craig wrote a letter to Booker T. Washington in hopes of obtaining a faculty position at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. In December 1895, Craig took charge of the electrical engineering department at Tuskegee. He is credited with installing electric lighting in the Tuskegee chapel.

References:

Jennifer L. Lieberman, "The myth of the first African-American electrical engineer: Arthur U. Craig and the importance of teaching in technological history", History and Technology, Vol 32, No. 1, pp 70-90

Electrical World and Engineer, "Black Belt Electricians", 27 October 1900, pg 641