JAMES WELDON JOHNSON HOUSE (1931). Formerly the residence of renowned poet, James Weldon Johnson, who occupied the Adam K. Spence Chair of Creative Literature and Writing from 1931 to 1938 at Fisk University. (Still standing)
OLD LIBRARY (1930). Named in honor of Erastus M. Cravath, first president of Fisk University. Served as the University library from 1930 - 1970. Now houses administrative offices. (Still standing)
OLD LIBRARY (1930). Named in honor of Erastus M. Cravath, first president of Fisk University. Served as the University library from 1930 - 1970. Now houses administrative offices. (Still standing)
OLD LIBRARY (1930). Named in honor of Erastus M. Cravath, first president of Fisk University. Served as the University library from 1930 - 1970. Now houses administrative offices. (Still standing)
OLD LIBRARY (1930). Named in honor of Erastus M. Cravath, first president of Fisk University. Served as the University library from 1930 - 1970. Now houses administrative offices. (Still standing)
OLD LIBRARY (1930). Named in honor of Erastus M. Cravath, first president of Fisk University. Served as the University library from 1930 - 1970. Now houses administrative offices. (Still standing)
OLD LIBRARY (1930). Named in honor of Erastus M. Cravath, first president of Fisk University. Served as the University library from 1930 - 1970. Now houses administrative offices. (Still standing)
George E. Haynes (1880-1960). Sociologist, author, educator. Class of 1903. First black graduate of a school of social work (1910) and first black to receive a Ph.D from Columbia University.
Margaret M. Washington (1865-1925). Class of 1884. Booker T. Washington's third wife. Helped found the Tuskegee Woman's Club and the National Association of Colored Women (1896). Edited the Association's main publication, National Association Notes...
Kay G. Roberts (1950- ). Symphony director, violinist, educator. Class of 1972. First women to earn the Doctorate of Musical Arts in orchestral conducting from Yale University. Guest conductor for the Boston, Cleveland, and Dallas symphonies and...
John H. Franklin (1915- ). Historian, educator, author. Class of 1935. Works include From Slavery to Freedom (1947), Racial Equality in America (1976) and Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin (2005). Awarded the...
St. Elmo Brady (1884-1961). Educator, chemist. Class of 1908. First African American to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Illinois in 1916. Developed the chemistry departments at Fisk, Tuskegee, Howard and Tougaloo.
This group sang on WBAL radio three times a week with The Stevedore Quartette from Virginia. Members are (L-R): Charlie Cornish; Carroll Waters; Charlotte B. Robinson, Director; Andrew White; Eldridge Waters.
Bennett College -- Campus Building; Buildings; College Buildings; Presidents
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...
Bennett College -- Campus Building; Buildings; College Buildings; Seminary; Halls
Bennett Seminary During the Late 1800's. Two Buidlings are Bennett Hall and Carolina Hall. The Money From Carolina Hall was Donated by the African American Citizens of North Carolina.
On the Body of the bell Was Inscribed a Quotation From the Book of Isaiah, "Proclaim Liberty to the Captives, and the Opening of the Prison to Them That are Bound."
