Women's Suffrage; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
The first colored women in Ettrick to vote in 1920 were all members of the VSU faculty. Reading from left to right on the first row; Mary Branch, Anna Lindsay, Edna Colson, Edwina Wright, Johnella Frazer (Jackson), and Nannie Nichols; on the back...
Southern University and A & M College--Buildings; Home economics centers
[Industrial Building for Girls]. This structure was built in 1920 and later known as the Home Economics Building. This two-story masonry building features a very slightly projecting central section (suggestive of a pavilion) with an entrance...
Leland University owes its existence to the wise forethought and broad generosity of Holbrook Chamberlain, a resident of Brooklyn, New York. Chamberlain came to New Orleans for the purpose of establishing an institution of higher learning for...
Mr. Charles H. Boyer Became the First Dean of Saint Augustine's College. Dean Boyer Brought Knowledge of the Classic, Greek, Latin, Religion and Music to the School. Professor Boyer Teaches Greek to Miss Sadie Delany in 1925.
[Martin L. Harvey Chapel/Auditorium]. This brick structure was built in 1928. Resembling a monumental one-story structure but actually two stories in height, the brick auditorium building is composed of two masses- -a moderately sized rectangular...
From 1939 through 1943, Dr. John Hope Franklin Was a Member of the Faculty at Saint Augustine's College, Where He Was a Professor of History and Engaged in Research. Although This Was His Second Teaching Position, He Had Begun Writing "From...
A photograph of North Carolina College 1941 CIAA Champion Basketball Team. The team was coached by John B. McLendon. This was his first year as a head coach and he referred to his players as his “Thousand Dollar Team” because he had declined...
Otelia Shields; Newspaper; Virginia State College for Negroes
A special edition of the Virginia Statesman, published to honor Mrs. Otelia Shields Howard who had passed away. Mrs. Howard had been credited with establishing the student newspaper and it's high standards. Mrs. Otelia Shields Howard, Associate...
ACADEMIC BUILDING (1908). Fisk University's first library. Built with funds donated by Andrew Carnegie, a businessperson. Designed by Moses McKissack, a black architect. (Still standing)
