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...
Yvone Y. Clark, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Has the Distinction of Being the First African American Woman to Earn a Masters Degree in Engineering. Y.Y. Clark Is Known as the "First Lady" of the Tennessee State University...
Wyomia Tyus Was the First Olympic Athlete to Successfully Defend Her Sprint Title in a Subsequent Olympiad. At the 1964 Games in Tokyo, Tyus Ran the 100-Meter Dash in 11.2 Seconds in the Preliminary Heats, Tying Wilma Rudolph's World Records, and...
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.
Wilson Hall, Erected in 1912, Was the First Resident Hall for Women, Serving Both Students and Faculty, at Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial Normal School. The Dormitory Was Named in Honor of the School's First Dean of Women, Mrs. Mary L....
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.
Wilma Rudolph, Hailed as the "Lady of Gold" and "La Gazelle Noire," Was the First Woman to Win Three Gold Medals In a Single Olympiad. In 1960, She Won the 100-Meter Dash, the 200-Meter Dash, and the 400-Meter Relay in Rome,...
William L. Dawson (1886-1970). Congressman. Class of 1909. Won a seat in the U. S. 78th Congress, representing the First Congressional District of Illinois.
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 Is a Black and White Photo of William J. Hale, Jr. (President William J. Hale's Son) Taken in 1931. He Was President of the Senior Class, President of Anderson-Billy Hale, Jr. Club, Member of Omega Psi Phi and Phi Beta Tau Organizations.
W. J. Hale, the First President of Tennesse Agricultural and Industrial State Normal School (Now Tennessee State University), Was Married to the Former Hattie E. Hodgkins in 1913. He Is Pictured Here With His Wife and Young Daughter. They Also Had...
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.
