The Baton Rouge Academy, an institution sponsored by the Fourth District Missionary Baptist Association of Louisiana for black boys and girls. In 1892, a suggestion was made that the Fourth District Association purchase a tract of land for...
Miles Has Served as a Haven For Women's Educational Opportunities Since Its Inception. In the Academic Year of 1909-1910, the College Educated 139 Female Students (Out of a Total of 158 Students). Women Were Housed In the Women's Dormitory In...
Southern University and A & M College--Students; Debates
Southern Wins Championship in Inter-Collegiate Debate.
Appearing left to right-sitting: Miss Marguerite Malarcher, Lloyd Williams, Miss Alma Rigmaiden; standing: ...
Beth M. Howse (1943- ). Librarian. Class of 1965. Distinguished by a vigorous sense of service to Fisk since 1970. Continues to serve as Special Collection Librarian since 1975.and as director of the Fisk University Mini-College since 1984....
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
Seals (Numismatics) -- Washington (D.C.) -- District Of Columbia Teachers College
Pursuant to the US Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the DC Board of Education merged Miner Teachers College and Wilson Teachers College to form DC Teachers College. Both Miner and Wilson were two viable colleges, so...
Cooke, Paul;
College presidents – Washington (D.C.) -- District of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College;
District Of Columbia Teachers College – Presidents
Dr. Paul P. Cooke, was the third president of DCTC and served from 1966 through 1974.
Dr. Cooke has lived in the District of Columbia since 1921, when his family moved from Harlem, New York. He graduated from Dunbar High School. He earned a BA...
A symbol of light. Since 1914, the lamp stood as a "symbol of enlightenment for thousands of young people who would otherwise live and die in darkness, occasioning the further stumbling of all affected by their existence". [Dr. Felton...
Leatrice B. McKissack (1930- ). Entrepreneur, businessperson. Class of 1951. Past CEO of McKissack and McKissack Architectural and Engineering, Inc., builder of Fisk's Carnegie Library (1909) and Tuskegee's famous World War II airbase. Member of...
LITTLE THEATER. Oldest structure on the Fisk University campus. Part of the original army hospital barracks at Fisk University. Moved to the present location in 1873. Has served as the site for dramatic productions and classes since 1935. (Still...
LITTLE THEATER. Oldest structure on the Fisk University campus. Part of the original army hospital barracks at Fisk University. Moved to the present location in 1873. Has served as the site for dramatic productions and classes since 1935. (Still...
Education;
Education -- Law and Legislation;
Miner, Myrtilla;
Miner Teachers College
Myrtilla Miner’s school was inactive for a lack of funds between 1860 and 1871. A bill considered in the US Senate to incorporate the Institution for Colored Youth in Washington, DC, Feb. 17, 1863. This institution incorporated in 1863.
In...
The bulletin of Atlanta University was a publication sent to faculty, friends and alumni of the institution; Telling of the institution's progress and present needs. This issue is November 1898, no. 95.
The bulletin of Atlanta University was a publication sent to faculty, friends and alumni of the institution; Telling of the institution's progress and present needs. This issue is October 1898, no. 94.
