United States. National Bureau of Standards;
Washington Technical Institute
The WTI campus was on the site formerly occupied by the National Bureau of Standards. Beginning in 1967, the old testing laboratories of the National Bureau of Standards were modified into technical classrooms; government offices remodeled with...
United States. National Bureau of Standards;
Washington Technical Institute
The original 32 acre site where WTI was housed is near the National Zoological Gardens on the south, Rock Creek Park on the east, and the shopping areas of Chevy Chase and Reno Road to the west.
United States Department of Defense Presents The Tennessee State Players Guild of Tennessee State University in "Rhythm Time", A Two-Act Variety Show, by Thomas E. Poag on European Tour, April-May, 1970.
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...
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...
1960 United States Olympic Team Includes Back: Anna Lois Smith, Wilma Rudolph, Coach Edward S. Temple, Barbara Jones and Ralph Boston. Front: Jo Ann Terry, Shirley Crowder, Lucinda Williams and Martha Hudson.
Ralph Boston, a 1961 Graduate of Tennessee A & I State University (Now Tennessee State University), Is Pictured in His United States Olympic Track Uniform With His Running Shoes. He Specialized in the Long Jump and Won a Gold Medal at the 1960...
Members of the Tigerbelles Track Team at Tennessee A & I State University, Wilma Rudolph and Lucinda Williams, Train for the 1959 Pan American Games. They Were Also Members of the 1960 United States Olympic Team.
Members of the Tigerbelles Track Team of Tennessee A & I State University Pose in Their U.S. Olympic Track Suits With Coach Edward S. Temple. Pictured are Isabelle Daniels, Barbara Jones, Lucinda Williams and Wilma Rudolph. Coach Temple Is...
A Native of Bayside, N.Y., Mae Faggs Earned the Distinction of Being the First United States Female to Participate in Three Different Olympics (1948, 1952 and 1956). She Won a Gold Medal in the 4 x 100-Meter Relay at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki...
Edward S. Temple Served as the Head Coach of Tennessee State University's Women's Track Team, The Famous Tigerbelles, For Forty-Four Years. He Also Served as Head Women's Track coach on Two United State Olympic Teams. His Tigerbelles Won...
Spikes, Dolores Margaret R. [Richard], 1936-; Southern University and A & M College--Administration
Color photograph of Dr. Dolores M. R. Spikes. Dr. Dolores Spikes served as Southern's sixth President but, she also served as the university's third president of the Southern University system. She was also the first female to lead a public...
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...
Dr. Leroy T. Walker became the fifth chancellor of North Carolina Central University in 1983. Dr. Walker previously served as interim chancellor, chair of the Department of Physical Education and Recreation, and head coach for North Carolina...
JUBILEE HALL (1876). Residence hall built with money collected during the Jubilee Singers' first fundraising tour. Oldest permanent building for Black higher education in the United States. (Still standing)
JUBILEE HALL (1876). Residence hall built with money collected during the Jubilee Singers' first fundraising tour. Oldest permanent building for Black higher education in the United States. (Still standing)
