Photograph taken on the campus of Southern University in front of the Martin L. Harvey Chapel. [now called the Southern University Museum of Arts SUMA].
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College -- Presidents;
Whitehead, Matthew
Matthew Whitehead (1918-1990) was the last president of the Miner Teachers College, before it merged with Wilson Teachers College to become part of the District of Columbia Teachers College, in 1954 in the aftermath of the US Supreme Court’s...
Cooke, Paul;
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- District of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College – Presidents
Dr. Paul P. Cooke, was the third president of DCTC and served from 1966 through 1974.
Dr. Cooke has lived in the District of Columbia since 1921, when his family moved from Harlem, New York. He graduated from Dunbar High School. He earned a BA...
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College -- Buildings
Wilson Teachers College merged with Miner Teachers College to form DCTC.The reason for the merger was to comply with the BROWN V. BOARD decision in 1954 to desegregate public education. DCTC Classes held at the Wilson building after DCTC was...
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
Seals (Numismatics) -- Washington (D.C.) -- District Of Columbia Teachers College
Pursuant to the US Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the DC Board of Education merged Miner Teachers College and Wilson Teachers College to form DC Teachers College. Both Miner and Wilson were two viable colleges, so...
Graduation ceremonies; Universities & colleges; College administrators;
This Is a Black and White Photo of the 1954 June Graduation of Tennessee A & I State University, Now Tennessee State University. Left to Right: President W.S. Davis, Rev. Frank M. Reid, Speaker and Dr. A.V. Boswell, Vice President.
9.5" x 11/5" Cloth Cover With Leather Spine and Corners, No Title Embossed on Spine or Front Cover. Typewritten, With Secretaries' Signatures: H.F. Grim (Through 6/1957; William R. Cole. LU Board Meeting Minutes. Starting in 1954,...
Lincoln University Pennsylvania, Yearbook, Students, Faculty
Yearbook. Pre-Title Page: A Century of Endeavor in Behalf of an Ideal. Title Page: The 1954 Lion, Published By the Senior Class of Lincoln University, Free Men in a Free World, Through Education and Brotherhood, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania....
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College -- choral organizations
From 1930 through 1950, Miner Teachers College developed its music and dramatic departments. The College Choir was formerly known as the College Glee Club. Each spring the College Choir presented an annual concert, which was one of the cultural...
PARK JOHNSON HALL (1954). Classroom building, named in honor of Robert E. Park, sociologist and Charles S. Johnson, sociologist and President of Fisk University, 1947-1956. (Still standing)
