A photograph of an unidentified man ringing the Bell Tower. The Bell Tower dates back to the original founding of the school and for decades the bell rung after athletic victories and symbolized the start of class. In 1989 the North Carolina...
Dr. James Gavin Inaugurated as President. The Multidisciplinary Research Center Reopens After Fire. Morehouse School of Medicine Offers Expertise Following Shuttle Columbia Disaster, Receives Land Donation from ING.
The Basic Medical Sciences Building is Renamed After the Death of Dr. Hugh M. Gloster. A Jubilant Match Day and the Morehouse School of Medicine Help Start-Up the Carson Scholars' Fund.
Named After Bishop Robert S. Williams Who Raised Construction Funds In Part From Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company (TCI). It Served as the Old Administration Building, Women's Dormitory, and Location For Home Economics Classes. Williams...
Named After the School's Fifth President, Brown Hall Was Built in 1927 at a Cost of 150,000, Half of Which Was Donated By the John D. Rockefeller General Education Board. Brown Hall Served as the College's Administration Building.
On May 3, 1946 Albert Einstein Visited Lincoln University, Where He Received an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Laws), Lectured Students on the Theory or Relativity, and Had Tea With Faculty Children.
Booker T. Washington, is Hampton's Most Honored Graduate. After Hearing About a School for Colored People, He Set Off and Arrived at Hampton. He Enrolled at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute on October 5, 1872. He Studied to Become a...
Another, Eddie Robinson III, Told the Monroe News-Star: "They're Trying to Force Him Out. He Wants People to Hear His Side. He Doesn't Really Want to do This. He Wants to go Out His Way. After 56 Years, to Push Him Out Like This."
Benjamin Holmes was born on September 25, 1846 or 1848 in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1862, he was sold to a master in Chattanooga. The next year he became an officer's servant in the 14th Army Corps. After working in a barber shop and teaching...
Thomas Rutling was born in Wilson County, Tennessee in 1854. His father and brother were sold away from him before he was two years old. He stated on the plantation until 1865, when he moved to Nashville and soon after went to Fisk.
Ella Sheppard oftern considered the backbone of the group, was born in Nashville, Tennessee on February 4, 1851. Her father was operated a livery stable in Nashville, purchased his freedom for $1800 and purchased Ella's freedom for $350. He tried...
Isaac Dickerson, was born a slave on July 15, 1850 in Wytheville, Virginia. After his mother died, he became a houseboy at the age of five. Before entering Fisk, he worked as a hotel waiter and a school teacher.
Greene Evans, the most widely traveled of the singers was born on September 1, 1848. His master moved all over the south to escape the Union army. Finally, Evans met a Yankee officer in Selma, Alabama and became his servant for two years. In 1868,...
John H. Franklin (1915- ). Historian, educator, author. Class of 1935. Works include From Slavery to Freedom (1947), Racial Equality in America (1976) and Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin (2005). Awarded the...
