Dr. Walker (Founder, Teacher And President) Was Elected As A Teacher of Paine Institute, July 17, 1883. He Was Elected To Succeed Dr. Callaway As Second President In 1884, And Remained President Until His Death, May 17, 1911. Under His...
Campus Physician; First Physics Graduate; Virginia State College for Negroes
Charles Townes entered Virginia State College for Negroes in 1931. Mr. Towns became the first physics graduate in 1934. He went on to get a Ph.D in physics from Penn State and M.D. in medicine from Howard University. After World War II, Dr....
Clarence Wilson Entered Tennessee A & I State College in 1945 on a Basketball Scholarship. Wilson Captained the Tigers From 1945-1949. During These Four Years, He Was Selected All-Mid-Western Conference Team. Under the Guidance of Coach...
Benjamin Holmes was born on September 25, 1846 or 1848 in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1862, he was sold to a master in Chattanooga. The next year he became an officer's servant in the 14th Army Corps. After working in a barber shop and teaching...
Eliza Walker, one of eight children was born a slave six miles out of Nashville at Flatrock in 1857. Her father owned an ice-house and made enough money to purchase a home for the family in 1866, Eliza Walker entered Fisk.
Greene Evans, the most widely traveled of the singers was born on September 1, 1848. His master moved all over the south to escape the Union army. Finally, Evans met a Yankee officer in Selma, Alabama and became his servant for two years. In 1868,...
Jennie Jackson born free, was the granddaughter of President Andrew Jackson's personal body servant. Jennie's mother had been a slave but her master at this death gave her her freedom. Jennie entered Fisk in 1866.
Maggie Porter was born on February 24, 1853 in Lebanon, Tennessee. Her master was wealthy and as her mother was a favorite house servant, she saw little of the harsher side of slavery. She entered Fisk in 1866.
The All-Time Coaching Leader. More Than Just 405 Wins for Eddie Robinson. Eddie Has Developed Over 200 Stars Who Entered the Play-for-Pay as One of His Greatest Accomplishments.
Mayberry, Emma N. [Nesbit]; Home economics teachers--Louisiana; Southern University and A & M College--Faculty
Black and white portrait of Emma N. Mayberry, Southern University's first Director of Home Economics. She also started the first sorority chapter on the campus of Southern in 1932. This sorority is: Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
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 November 1898, no. 95.
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 October 1898, no. 94.
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 April 1898, no. 91.
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 January 1898, no. 88.
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 March 1898, no. 90.
