Sam Jones, one of the all-time greatest National Basketball Association players and coach Floyd Brown are pictured holding trophies. Sam Jones played at North Carolina Central University from 1951 to 1954 and then served in the United States Army...
Olympian champion, Lee Calhoun (second from left) and head track and field coach LeRoy Walker admire track and field trophy winnings. Lee Calhoun was a gold medalist in the 110-meter at the 1956 Games in Melbourne, Australia. In 1961, Lee Calhoun...
This life size bronze statue was built to honor Dr. James Edward Shepard, the founder of North Carolina Central University. This statue was made in 1956 by William Zorach, a lithuanian-born sculptor known for his ceramic sculpture of Benjamin...
Members of the Tigerbelle Relayers of the Tennessee A & I State College Pose Beside a Hurdle in 1956. Pictured are Mae Faggs, Isabelle Daniels, Wilma Rudolph and Lucinda Williams.
Members of the Tigerbelles Track Team of Tennessee A & I State University Pose in Their U.S. Olympic Track Suits With Coach Edward S. Temple. Pictured are Isabelle Daniels, Barbara Jones, Lucinda Williams and Wilma Rudolph. Coach Temple Is...
Isabelle Daniels, a Member of the Tennessee A & I State College Tigerbelles, Fills Out the Paperwork for Her Parade Uniform for the 1955 Pan-American Games in Mexico City, Mexico. She Won a Silver Medal in the 60 Meter Dash and Gold Medal as...
A Native of Bayside, N.Y., Mae Faggs Earned the Distinction of Being the First United States Female to Participate in Three Different Olympics (1948, 1952 and 1956). She Won a Gold Medal in the 4 x 100-Meter Relay at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki...
First Girls Drill Team
Commanded by: Leola Martin, Sophomore, Mosspoint, Mississippi
Ex Officer
Janet Houston 1st Sergeant, Sophomore
Made first public performance at Homecoming game in 1957.
David L. Lewis (1936- ). Historian, author. Class of 1956. Works include King: A Critical Biography (1971), Prisoner of Honor: the Dreyfus Affair (1973), When Harlem was in Vogue (1987), W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919 (1993) and...
Dr. Calhoun Was Elected The Eighth President Of Paine College In 1956, And Gave Fourteen Years Of Progressive Leadership To The College Following His Experience As A Methodist Minister And Missionary To China In 1940 And 1946. Paine Had An All...
Mr. Peters Came To The College As Its Seventh President In 1929, Following His Experience As A High School Principal In Louisiana And A Missionary In The Far East, And Served Until 1956. Under His Administation, Paine College Was Accepted Into...
