Portrait of Dr. Benner C. Turner, the Fourth President of SC State, Served From 1950-1967. During His Tenure the University Experienced Rapid Growth of Both the Undergraduate and Graduate Enrollments, an Increase In the Number of Faculty and Staff,...
Portrait of Dr. M. Maceo Nance, Jr., the Fifth President of SC State, Served From 1968-1986. During His Tenure the University Experienced Growth and Expansion In Facilities, Programs and the Reputation of the University. Nance Oversaw the Addition...
Classroom in the Demonstration School, B. K. Bruce Building, Maryland Normal and Industrial School at Bowie. Student-teacher is Joseph Alexander Wiseman (1907-1978), who later went on to become the first director and founder of the Bowie State...
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...
Mechanical Building (Southern University, New Orleans, La.)
The Mechanical Department at Southern University was initiated on October 7, 1890 and by 1893 it was in full operation and had a three year course of study. There were 27 students in the...
A group of sixth grade pupils about 1896. In the center of the group, standing in the doorway, may be seen the instructor, Miss Ellender Joseph, a Southern graduate, about 1889.
Southern University and A & M College--Graduate students
First graduating class with a Masters Degree.
Standing left to right: Donald Verett, Doloris Porter Smith, Theron Malone Harrison, Paul Leon Collins, Pennyola Hazel Bilbo
Marjorie Augusta Shepard was the daughter of Dr. James E. Shepard, founder of North Carolina Central University. She attended the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua in 1910. She was a 1919 graduate of Fisk University. In 1922 she...
Mrs. Annie Day Shepard Smith was the daughter of Dr. James E. Shepard, founder of North Carolina Central University. Annie Day Shepard Smith was a graduate of North Carolina College. After her husband’s death in 1953, She operated the I. H....
Dr. Alfonso Elder (February 26, 1898-August 1974) became the second president of North Carolina College at Durham on January 20, 1948. Dr. Elder previously served as head of the Graduate Department of Education and also had served as the Dean of...
Dr. Alonzo G. Moron Was the Eighth President of Hampton Institute and the First African American to Hold the Position at the School. He Served From 1948-1959. He Was Also the First Hampton Institute Graduate to Become President of the School.
George E. Haynes (1880-1960). Sociologist, author, educator. Class of 1903. First black graduate of a school of social work (1910) and first black to receive a Ph.D from Columbia University.
Matthew Kennedy (1921-). Concert pianist, composer. Class of 1946. Graduate of Julliard School of Music, professor of music at Fisk University, director of the Jubilee Singers, 1957-1968, 1971-1973, 1975-1986.
Dedicated on October 19, 1927, the Hall Was a Gift From Dr. and Mrs. J.W. Anderson of Dallas, Tx. Who Gave $12,000.00. Dr. Anderson Was a Graduate of the Medical Department Class of 1885. It Was Used for Instruction in Gross and Microscopical...
