Ira De Augustine Reid

Ira De Augustine Reid
BornJuly 2, 1901
Clifton Forge, Virginia, United States
DiedAugust 15, 1968
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States
Other namesIra D. Reid
EducationMorehouse College (B.A.), University of Pittsburgh (M.A.), Columbia University (Ph.D.)
Occupation(s)Sociologist, educator
Known forAfrican American immigrants and communities
Spouse(s)Gladys Russell Scott (m.?–1956; her death),
Anne Margaret Cooke (m. 1958–1968; his death)
RelativesWilliam Wilson Cooke (father in-law),
Lloyd Miller Cooke (brother in-law)

Ira De Augustine Reid (July 2, 1901 – August 15, 1968) was an American sociologist and educator, who wrote extensively on the lives of Black immigrants and communities in the United States. He was also influential in the field of educational sociology. He held faculty appointments at Atlanta University, New York University, and Haverford College, one of very few African American faculty members in the United States at white institutions during the era of "separate but equal" and the first to be awarded tenure at a prestigious Northern institution (Haverford).