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 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.
This building named in honor of Dr. William Jones, chair of the interim committee appointed to spearhead North Carolina College at Durham following the resignation of Dr. Samuel Massie as president. This building served as the college library from...
This building was named in honor of Dr. William Harrison Robinson, a long-time teacher and chairman in the Department of Physics from 1937 to 1962. The William Harrison Robinson Science building was constructed in 1937 and renovated in 1970.
This building was named in honor of William Gaston Pearson, a businessmen, educator, an incorporator of the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua, and one of the original organizers of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company. ...
William Gaston Pearson was one of the six incorporators of the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua, now North Carolina Central University. William G. Pearson was an educator and successful businessman. Mr. Pearson was the principal...
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...
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...
Mrs. Sudie Holloway Marrow, a loyal North Carolina College alumna, and an employee of North Carolina College Bursar Office, is shown returning the $25 cash prize she won to the North Carolina College Alumni Association’s, Vice President, Mr....
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...
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...
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...
This building was named in honor of Sarah P. Avery. The Sarah P. Avery Auditorium was constructed in 1910. The Avery Auditorium is one of the many buildings that have been removed from campus. It was located on the site of the present James S....
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...
This building was Named in honor of Ruth Gwendolyn Rush, Dean of Women, teacher of education, and director of Student Teaching (1926-1948). She gave thirty-eight years of service to the university. Ruth Gwendolyn Rush Residence Hall was...
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 Miss Ruth Rush, dean of women and (not pictured) Dr. Albert T. Turner, dean of the School of...
A photograph of male students in the “Rusty Seven” club, (front row left to right) Matthew Bond, Frank Batts, and C. Wyatt Graces, (Back row left to right) David Jeffery, Andrew Neville, McKinley King, and Louis Austin.
Rev. Dr. Augustus Shepard was born in Raleigh, N.C. on March 1, 1846. Rev. Dr. Shepard graduated from the Theological Department of Shaw University with a B.S. degree in 1880. He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by Shaw...
North Carolina President Samuel P. Massie (right) and James H. Mayes, Jr. manager of WSRC Radio Station get together prior to one of the North Carolina College president’s weekly Sunday broadcast at the station. President Massie hosted “A...
