This life size bronze statue was built to honor Dr. James Edward Shepard, the founder of North Carolina Central University. This statue was made in 1956 by William Zorach, a lithuanian-born sculptor known for his ceramic sculpture of Benjamin...
A 1918 photograph of Domestic Science students, (first row left to right) Cecelia Leon Cooper, Margaret Louise Johnson ( teacher), Carrie Mable Walden, Allean Cooperdeen Burgus, unidentified woman, (second row left to right) Gelia Ruth Darnell,...
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...
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...
Olympian champion, Lee Calhoun (second from left) and head track and field coach LeRoy Walker admire track and field trophy winnings. Lee Calhoun was a gold medalist in the 110-meter at the 1956 Games in Melbourne, Australia. In 1961, Lee Calhoun...
A photograph of students displaying fifty dollar checks given to them by President Alfonso Elder for their earning all A’s during the first semester of the school year. Pictured left to right is Barbara J. Harmon, a freshmen biology major from...
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...
Dr. Walter M. Brown (left) whose P.h. D. in education from North Carolina College in 1955 marked the first time in the United States a P.h.D. was conferred by a Historically Black College or University, is shown receiving degree and congratulations...
Harold W. Alexander (standing) director of North Carolina College News Bureau, checks a script with student news reporters (left to right) Collins Baber and Collin Bull before a broadcast over WSRC radio station in Durham. The program “NCC in...
Two North Carolina College students, Fern Thorpe, pointing and Mamie Alston, extreme right brief three exchange students, Patrick Faucette, Susan Sawyer, and Linda Zoellner from the University of Wisconsin on North Carolina College history in front...
Mrs. Annie Day Robinson Shepard was the devoted wife of Dr. James E. Shepard, founder of North Carolina Central University. Mrs. Shepard wrote the lyrics to North Carolina Central University’s Alma Mater, “Dear Old N.C.C.” Mrs. Shepard...
A photograph of wives of personalities associated with North Carolina Central University buildings, (left to right) Mrs. Bascom T. Baynes, Mrs. William H. Robinson, Mrs. Albert N. Whiting, Mrs. C. T. Willis Sr., and Mrs. James S. Lee.
