Isaac Dickerson, was born a slave on July 15, 1850 in Wytheville, Virginia. After his mother died, he became a houseboy at the age of five. Before entering Fisk, he worked as a hotel waiter and a school teacher.
Mounted photos of 19th Century Lincoln University Alumni, With Hand-Written Notes Identifying Some of Them. Left to right: Row 1: William M. Hargrave, 1873; James C. Walters, 1870; (unidentified); Walter H. Brooks, 1872, ex 1873 Seminary; Row 2:...
Left to right standing: Isaac Dickerson, Georgia Gordon, Thomas Rutling. Left to right sitting: Mabel Lewis, Greene Evans, Jennie Jackson, Ella Sheppard, Benjamin Holmes, Eliza Walker.
Painted in 1873 by Edmund Havel, Queen Victoria's court painter. Left to right (men): Benjamin Holmes, Isaac Dickerson, Thomas Rutling, Edmund Watkins, Left to right (women): Mabel Lewis, Minnie Tate, Ella Sheppard, Jennie Jackson, Julia Jackson,...
Left to right: Minnie Tate, Greene Evans, Isaac Dickerson, Jennie Jackson, Maggie Porter, Ella Sheppard, Thomas Rutling, Benjamin Holmes, Eliza Walker.
