Zora Neale Hurston (standing), a famous African-American novelist, playwright, folklorist and anthropologist at a North Carolina College for Negroes football game. Zora Hurston was a professor in the Drama Department at North Carolina College for...
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Wilson Teachers College;
Hager, Walter;
Wilson Teachers College;
Wilson Teachers College -- Presidents
Dr. Walter E. Hager (1895-1990) was appointed president of Wilson Teachers College in 1941. He earned is Bachelors in Science from the University of Nebraska in 1916; his A.M. from Columbia University in 1927, and his PhD from Columbia University...
Carr, Paul O.;
Wilson Teachers College;
Wilson Teachers College – Faculty
Dr. Paul O. Carr earned his BS from State Teachers College, Mo, and his MA and PhD from the State University of Iowa. He was a high school teacher and school superintendent in Iowa. Coming to Wilson Teachers College in 1935, he became Associate...
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- Wilson Teachers College;
Higbie, Edgar C.;
Wilson Teachers College;
Wilson Teachers College -- Presidents
Dr. Higbie (1875- 1944) was appointed president of Wilson Teachers College in 1931. Dr. Higbie retired as President of Wilson Teachers College in February 1941, because of ill health. He remained on the faculty until his death in 1944.
Higbie was...
Washington (D.C.) – Public Schools;
Washington Normal School;
Wilson, James Ormond;
Wilson Normal School;
Wilson Teachers College
The college was named in honor of James Ormond Wilson (1825-1911). Wilson graduated from Dartmouth University. He was trustee of the Washington Public Schools from 1861 through 1869, and the second superintendent of schools for Washington Public...
This building named in honor of Dr. William Jones, chair of the interim committee appointed to spearhead North Carolina College at Durham following the resignation of Dr. Samuel Massie as president. This building served as the college library from...
This building was named in honor of Dr. William Harrison Robinson, a long-time teacher and chairman in the Department of Physics from 1937 to 1962. The William Harrison Robinson Science building was constructed in 1937 and renovated in 1970.
Bennett College -- Campus Building; Buildings; College Buildings; Dining Hall
Wilbur F. Steele Hall Was Completed in 1922 and is One of the Earliest Buildings on Campus. It Was Designed as a Dining Facility. The Building Was Named in Honor of Wilbur F. Steele, the President of Bennett College From 1881-1889. In 2004 the...
Virginia Flintall, kneeling, a student from Manhattan, New York, demonstrates for (left to right) Bonnie Broadway, Oakboro, N.C.; Sarah Franklin, Durham, N.C.; and Mary Spivey, Montclair, N.J. These students participated in a water show at North...
Dennard, Cleveland;
Washington Technical Institute;
Washington Technical Institute -- Presidents.
Dr. Cleveland Leon Dennard (1929-1992) was the founding president of the Washington Technical institute, a predecessor to UDC. Dennard was appointed to the post by president Lyndon B. Johnson at a time when the city’s government functions were...
Louis Jordan with unidentified woman holding the victory football from the 1947 Capital Classic football game between North Carolina College at Durham and Tennessee State. The football has an inscription that signifies North Carolina College’s...
African American soldiers--Hospitals; Coolidge, Calvin, 1872 - 1933; Moton, Robert Russa, 1867 - 1940; Tuskegee Institute
From Left to Right:
Dr. Wm. Chaa. White, General Hartley A. Moon, General Robert E. Steiner, Lieutenant Governor McDowell, Governor W.W. Brandon, Vice-President Calvin Coolidge, Dr. Robert R. Moton, Honorable Edward Clifford, & the Honorable C....
Nimmons, Julius;
University of the District of Columbia;
University of the District of Columbia – Presidents
Julius Nimmons, Sixth President of UDC, served as President of the University of Columbia, from 1998 through 2001. He earned his BA from Morehouse College; his MA in European History from Atlanta University, and his Ph.D in US History from Howard...
LeMelle, Tilden;
University of the District of Columbia;
University of the District of Columbia – Presidents
Dr. Tilden LeMelle served as fifth President of UDC, serving from 1991 through 1996. Dr. LeMelle earned his Ph.D in International Relations from the University of Denver. Prior to coming to UDC, Dr. LeMelle served as Vice-Chancellor of Student...
Green, Robert;
University of the District of Columbia;
University of the District of Columbia – Presidents
Dr. Robert Green served as the third President of UDC, serving from 1983 through 1985.
From 1965-1967, Dr. Green worked with the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.as Education Director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Green was considered...
Cortada, Rafael;
University of the District of Columbia;
University of the District of Columbia – Presidents
Dr. Rafael Cortada (1934- ) served as fourth President of UDC, serving from 1987 through 1990. Cortada received his BA in philosophy from Fordham in 1955; his MA in secondary education from Columbia University, in 1958; and his P.D. from Fordham...
