A photograph of an unidentified man ringing the Bell Tower. The Bell Tower dates back to the original founding of the school and for decades the bell rung after athletic victories and symbolized the start of class. In 1989 the North Carolina...
Dr. Howard Chidley conversing (left to right) with Mrs. Louise H. Elder, wife of President Alfonso Elder, Mrs. Chidley, Dean of Students, James Stewart and Dr. Alfonso Elder in B. N. Duke Auditorium.
Dr. J. Neal Hughley and his wife Sadie Hughley conversing with Dr. Mordecai Wyatt Johnson. In 1955 Dr. J. Neal Hughley became the first campus minister and he also served as a professor of economics. Mrs. Sadie Hughley served as Supervisor and...
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...
Workmen from the North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program erecting the North Carolina College at Durham Marker (G-53) denoting the founding of North Carolina College at Durham in 1910 by Dr. James E. Shepard. The marker was cast in 1950...
Dr. Donna J. Benson was appointed the Interim Chancellor on January 1, 1992. She became the first female in the University of North Carolina System to serve in that capacity. Prior to becoming Interim Chancellor, Dr. Donna Benson served as the...
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...
A 1941 photograph of Dr. James E. Shepard and his family at North Carolina College for Negroes (front row left to right) Annie Day Shepard, his wife; James E. Shepard; and daughter Marjorie; (standing) daughter Annie Day Smith; niece Virginia S....
Marjorie Augusta Shepard was the daughter of Dr. James E. Shepard, founder of North Carolina Central University. She attended the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua in 1910. She was a 1919 graduate of Fisk University. In 1922 she...
Marian Anderson, one of the greatest singers in her day performed several times at North Carolina College for Negroes, now North Carolina Central University, as a part of the Lyceum Series in 1932, 1942, and 1946. Marian Anderson was the first...
Sam Jones, one of the all-time greatest National Basketball Association players and coach Floyd Brown are pictured holding trophies. Sam Jones played at North Carolina Central University from 1951 to 1954 and then served in the United States Army...
