McKissack, Calvin Lunsford
1890-1968 · Contribution: 1905-1921
Architect
Co-founded McKissack & McKissack, the oldest minority-owned architectural-engineering firm in the United States
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Quick facts
- Born
- 1890
- Active since
- 1905
- Category
- Architecture & Design
- Best known for
- Co-founded McKissack & McKissackOldest minority-owned A/E firmPassed Tennessee's exclusionary exam
Impact on the world
Calvin McKissack helped found and sustain the oldest Black-owned design firm in the country, and his very licensure defeated a law engineered to exclude Black architects.
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