Alex Haley Was Honored by the Institute of African Affairs and Nashville Community Leaders In the Late Spring. Haley, Author of ROOTS, Joined In the Dedication Festivities of the Alex Haley Select Reading and Reference Room.
The Nashville Alumni Singers Were Organized November 1, 1947 for the Purpose of Planning Music for the Thanksgiving Program. Mrs. Henerietta Rucks-McCallister, Chairman of the Music Committee, Served as the First Chairman. The Idea of the Alumni...
Legislators; School integration; Lawyers; Civil rights;
Avon Williams Became Involved In the Tennessee State University/University of Tennessee at Nashville Merger Suit as Attorney For the Plaintiff Interveners and Successfully Persuaded the Court That UT Nashville be Merged Into Tennessee State...
Speakers and Platform Guests at the Graduation Exercises of the Bowman Barber School Held at the War Memorial Building Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.
BOYD HOUSE (ca. 1915-1920). Formerly the residence of Henry Allen Boyd, president of Citizen’s Bank in Nashville. Served as a dormitory, Honors Center and campus office building. (Still standing)
1894, Building of Central Tennessee College. Meharry's Medical Department Was Located in the Basement of This Building on the Old Campus in South Nashville.
College presidents; Judges; Students; Universities & colleges;
Among the 500 Students Receiving Awards at the 1971 Commencement were "Students of the Year Jean L. Flagg of Henning, TN and Janet Watson of Nashville. Shown With Them are President A.P. Torrence and Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr of...
Tigerbelles Edith McGuire and Wyomia Tyus of Tennessee A & I State University (Now Tennessee State University) Sit Upon a Suitcase, Surrounded by Their Luggage at the Nashville Municipal Airport Prior to Traveling to Toyko, Japan for the 1964...
Business people; Cosmetics industry; Beauty shops;
Eva L. Bowman Was Appointed the First Black Beauty Inspector and Examier of Cosmetology For the State of Tennessee, Traveling All Over the State Inspecting Beauty Shops. She Was Active in Politics, Organizing the Southwest Civic League, an...
Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State Normal School Became a College in 1922, and the First Graduating Class to Use the New College Name Was in 1924. Picture Here are Walter P. Denny of Lebanon, Tennessee; Aeolian Lockert of Clarksville,...
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.
Ella Sheppard oftern considered the backbone of the group, was born in Nashville, Tennessee on February 4, 1851. Her father was operated a livery stable in Nashville, purchased his freedom for $1800 and purchased Ella's freedom for $350. He tried...
Thomas Rutling was born in Wilson County, Tennessee in 1854. His father and brother were sold away from him before he was two years old. He stated on the plantation until 1865, when he moved to Nashville and soon after went to Fisk.
Henry Allen Boyd Was Editor of Nashville Globe Newspaper From 1905-1959. Napier and Boyd Successfully Helped to Persuade the State to Build the Negro State Normal School in Davidson County. A Member of the Nashville's Negro Board of Trade, Boyd...
