Jane E. Elliott, Founded the Cafeteria System at Tennessee A and I State College in 1924, the First to be Established in a Negro College and the Original One It is Believed, to be Established in the South. She Commanded National Attention to This...
Bennett College -- Campus Building; College Buildings; Buildings; Library
Kent Hall Was Established in 1884 to Educate Young Black Girls in the Domestic Arts of a Christian Home. This Buiding Also Served as the Library for the College Until 1939.
Dr. Euphemia Haynes (1890-1980) had a distinguished career in Washington. She taught in the public schools of Washington, DC for forty-seven years and was the first woman to chair the DC School Board. She was a teacher of first grade at Garrison...
Education – Washington (D.C.)
Incorporation. -- Washington (D.C.) – Miner Normal School;
Miner Normal School;
Teaching -- Washington (D.C.)
Announcement of the incorporation of Miner Normal School, July 1876. This was a privately-funded institution, which was created after Miner ended its relationship with Howard. In 1877, the independent Miner Normal School was established in the...
Miner Teachers College; Miner Teachers College -- Fraternities and Sororities; Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Kappa Alpha – the first of the “Greek organizations” at Miner, established in 1934. The charter members formed the Keys Club in 1934, which was really an interest club of AKA. Marjorie H. Parker was the President and later the first...
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College -- Fraternities and Sororities;
Kappa Alpha Psi
Kappa Alpha Psi -- Beta Kappa chapter of Kappa Psi was established February 21, 1940 under the direction of Grand Polemarch, James E. Scott; Junior Grand Board Member, Wendell Lucas; Provincial Polemarch, James M. Coggs, and Founders: James Mack,...
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College -- Fraternities and Sororities;
Zeta Phi Beta
Zeta Phi Beta – In the early 1930s, the Kappa Alpha chapter of Zeta Phi Beta was established at Miner Teachers College. Zeta stated that its objectives included finer womanhood, sisterly love, and scholarship. The chapter’s work included...
College students – Washington (D.C.) – Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College;
Miner Teachers College – Alumni and alumnae;
Miner Teachers College -- Students;
World War, 1939-1945.
Graduates of Miner Teachers College who served in the military during World War II.
World War II was accompanied by increased employment opportunities for students, military inductions, teaching shortages, and the increasing desire of many male...
Morris Brown College was established on October 15, 1885 when students and teachers met in a crude wooden structure in Atlanta, Georgia. This was the first educational institution in Georgia under the sole support of African Americans. It was named...
Morris Brown College was established on October 15, 1885 when students and teachers met in a crude wooden structure in Atlanta, Georgia. This was the first educational institution in Georgia under the sole support of African Americans. It was named...
Morris Brown College was established on October 15, 1885 when students and teachers met in a crude wooden structure in Atlanta, Georgia. This was the first educational institution in Georgia under the sole support of African Americans. It was named...
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 Morehouse School of Medicine Center for Sports Medicine Research is Established With a Donation From Atlanta Olympic Committee. The Morehouse School of Medicine Helped to Combat AIDS Through a Symposium in San Juan and a Project in Zambia. ...
First Founders' Day Convocation Held, 25th Anniversary Fund Established, Dr. Elizabeth Olifili Elected Atlanta Black Cardiologists President, Dr. Roland Patillo Presents Clinical Findings at National Medical Association Conferrence, and Surgeon...
Helen Gayle, MD, MPH, CEO of CARE USA Issued Three Challenges to the Class of 2008. Damayea Hargett, MD Became First Child of an MSM Alum to Graduate From MSM. New Programs, Master's in Biomedical Sciences and Master's in Biomedical Technology...