John M. Ellison was an associate professor of sociology. He was a 1925 graduate of Virginia Union University. Dr. Ellison will become the first African American president of Virginia Union University.
Model School; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
A group of students, their teacher and the president pose in front of the university model school. The model school will later become the elementary school.
Not many HBCUs had Reserve Officers Training Corps, at the beginning of World War I. James Nicholas, who will graduate from Virginia State and become a full professor at Virginia State and Rector of the Board of Visitors, was a member of this corp.
African American; Educator; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
He was the first science teacher at the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute now Virginia State University. Mr. Colson was an 1883 graduate of Dartmouth College. He served as acting principal in 1885 replacing the first principal James...
Application form for admission to attend Miner Normal School, 1924-1925 (with Miner Normal School catalog). Miner Normal School would become Miner Teachers College in 1929.
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...
The DC Board of Higher Education appointed Dr. Frank Farner as the first President of Federal City College. Dr. Farner had been recruited by Sen. Morse. Dr. Farner served from September 1968 through 1969. After leaving FCC, he went on to become...
College presidents; School integration; Universities & colleges;
Dr. Andrew P. Torrence Served as President of Tenessee State University From 1968 Until He Resigned in 1974 to Become Provost and Executive Vice-President of Tuskegee Institute. As President of Tennessee State University, Dr. Torrence Was Involved...
Howard Gentry Served as a Teacher, Coach and an Administrator From 1949 to 1976. The University Enjoyed a "Golden Era" of Progress During His Tenure as Director of Athletics From 1961-1976. Under His Leadership, the Athletic Teams...
Frances E. Thompson, a Faculty Member of Tennessee State University From 1923 to 1969 Created Artistic Designs For All the Programs For Special Occasions and the Various Publications of Tennessee A. & I. During the 1920's and 1930's. The Most...
The Baton Rouge Academy, an institution sponsored by the Fourth District Missionary Baptist Association of Louisiana for black boys and girls. In 1892, a suggestion was made that the Fourth District Association purchase a tract of land for...
Bishop Henry Beard Delany Was the First African American to Become an Episcopal Bishop in North Carolina and the Second With His Statue In the Church In the United States.
The bulletin of Atlanta University was a publication sent to faculty, friends and alumni of the institution; Telling of the institution's progress and present needs. This issue is June 1898, no. 93.
The bulletin of Atlanta University was a publication sent to faculty, friends and alumni of the institution; Telling of the institution's progress and present needs. This issue is May 1897, no. 83.
The bulletin of Atlanta University was a publication sent to faculty, friends and alumni of the institution; Telling of the institution's progress and present needs. This issue is December 1896, no. 78.
