Mrs. Swalin shows the book, Symphony Stories to school children at a performance of the North Carolina Symphony Children’s Concert Program held at North Carolina College Gymnasium.
A photograph of the members of the graduating class of 1938 of North Carolina College for Negroes assembled in front of the present day Jones Building.
This building was named in honor of Clyde R. Hoey, Governor of North Carolina From 1937-1941. During Clyde R. Hoey’s governorship the state of North Carolina provided free textbooks for elementary schools, increased teacher’s salaries and...
A photograph of members of the College Bowling League’s first place team and individual trophy winners, consisting of North Carolina College faculty and staff members, are shown left to right: Irving Mc Collum, who received the trophy for the...
Dr. Aaron McDuffie Moore was one of the six incorporators of the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua, now North Carolina Central University. Dr. Aaron Moore a graduate of Shaw University was Durham’s first black doctor. Dr. Moore...
Upon the death of Dr. James E. Shepard, founder and President of the College, the Board of Trustees appointed an Interim Committee(1947) consisting of Dr. Albert E. Manley, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and (not pictured) Miss Ruth G....
Dr. Albert N. Whiting became the fourth president of North Carolina College at Durham on July 1, 1967. Prior to becoming chancellor at North Carolina College at Durham Dr. Whiting served as Dean of the Faculty of Morgan State College. During Dr....
Upon the death of Dr. James E. Shepard, founder and president of the college, the Board of Trustees appointed an Interim Committee (1947) consisting of Dr. Albert T. Turner, Dean of the School of Law, and (not pictured) Dr. Albert E. Manley, Dean...
Dr. Alfonso Elder (February 26, 1898-August 1974) became the second president of North Carolina College at Durham on January 20, 1948. Dr. Elder previously served as head of the Graduate Department of Education and also had served as the Dean of...
Dr. Beverly Washington Jones was appointed Interim Chancellor June 16, 2007. Prior to becoming Interim Chancellor, Dr. Beverly W. Jones served as Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Dean of University College, Director of the...
Dr. Charles Clinton Spaulding was one of the six incorporators of the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua, now North Carolina Central University. Dr. Charles Spaulding was a businessman, trustee and financial supporter of the...
Charles Haddon Shepard was one of the six incorporators of the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua, now North Carolina Central University. Charles Shepard was the Brother of James E. Shepard. Dr. Charles Shepard received a M.D. from...
Dr. Charlie Nelms became the tenth chancellor of North Carolina Central University on August 1, 2007. Prior to joining North Carolina Central University, Dr. Nelms served as the Vice President for Institutional Development and Student Affairs for...
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...
Dr. Edward N. Wilson, sculptor and chairman of the Art Department, is working on an over-sized bust of the late John Spencer Bassett, former professor of History at Trinity College, now Duke University. This work was commissioned by Duke...
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...
Dr. Alfonso Elder and Dr. James E. Shepard conversing with Miss Nannie Helen Burroughs and Mrs. Catherine Ruth Edwards in front of B. N. Duke Auditorium. Miss Nannie Helen Burroughs helped establish the National Association of Colored Women and...
Dr. James E. Shepard standing with Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. outside Benjamin Newton Duke Auditorium. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. was a civil rights leader, co-founder of the National Negro Congress, and succeeded his father as Pastor of...
