Freddye Scarborough Henderson

Freddye S. Henderson

Freddye Scarborough Henderson (1917–2007) was an American business woman and travel agent known for pioneering travel agencies geared towards African-Americans.[1] Henderson was born in Franklinton, Louisiana, on February 18, 1917 and died on January 19, 2007. [2] She earned a B.S. in home economics from Southern University in 1937 and was the first African American to earn a degree in fashion merchandising from New York University in 1950.[3] She married Jacob R. Henderson in Georgia in 1941. From 1944 to 1950 Henderson owned a dress shop in Atlanta. In 1950 Henderson became a fashion editor for the Associated Negro Press, and had a fashion column which was syndicated in many black newspapers in America.

In 1955, Henderson and her husband created the Henderson Travel Service located in Atlanta. It was the first African American travel agency in the Southeast.[4]


References

  1. ↑ Smith, Jessie Carney (1996). Notable Black American Women. VNR AG. ISBN 9780810391772.
  2. ↑ "Henderson, Freddye Scarborough (1917–2007) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed". www.blackpast.org. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  3. ↑ "Obituary for Mrs. Freddye Henderson – ATLANTA, GA". www.murraybrothersfuneralhome.com. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  4. ↑ "Freddye Henderson's Obituary on Atlanta Journal-Constitution". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
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