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.
Tuskegee University; Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute; Children's House; Tuskegee Institute
Children's House Was Located on the Main Campus. Student Teachers Did Practice Teaching at the Children's House. Built in 1901, It Was the Elementary School for Children of Teachers and Townspeople. Children Learned Gardening and Farming on the Two...
This Is a Black and White Photo of the Demonstration School Orchestra and Student Body In the Early Days. The Arrow In the Second Photo Is Edward Harned Hale, Son of President William J. Hale.
Eliza Walker, one of eight children was born a slave six miles out of Nashville at Flatrock in 1857. Her father owned an ice-house and made enough money to purchase a home for the family in 1866, Eliza Walker entered Fisk.
Hattie Whitted Shepard was born in 1858 in Hillsborough, N.C. She received her early training at Hampton Institute. Hattie Whitted Shepard married Rev. Dr. Augustus Shepard and birthed twelve children, including Dr. James E. Shepard, founder of...
Julius Lester (1939- ). Author. Class of 1960. Gained success as a children's author in 1969 with the publication of To Be a Slave, a Newbery Honor Book, and Black Folktales. Subsequent works continued to show his interest in African-American...
Kay G. Roberts (1950- ). Symphony director, violinist, educator. Class of 1972. First women to earn the Doctorate of Musical Arts in orchestral conducting from Yale University. Guest conductor for the Boston, Cleveland, and Dallas symphonies and...
Color photograph of Enitra Jones. The 74th "Miss Southern" a senior biology major with a minor in chemistry from Gretna, Louisiana. A member of the Southern University honors college (Beta Beta Beta), president of Beta Kappa chi,...
Color photograph of Sharika King. The 75th "Miss Southern" 4.0-grade point average biology major from Alexandria, Louisiana. A member of the Rotorac club, the Tri-Beta science club, and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She...
The North Carolina Symphony Orchestra performing for city and county school children at a Children’s Concert program held at North Carolina College gymnasium.
