Description: Photograph of four unidentified Tuskegee University students during a dress rehearsal on the stage of the "Little Theatre," located on the Tuskegee University campus in Tuskegee, Alabama. Tuskegee University is a historically black college founded in 1881 and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965 for its role in providing higher education for African Americans. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F08_N
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Tuskegee University; Actors; Actresses; Theaters
Places: Tuskegee University; Tuskegee (Alabama)
 

Description: A photograph of the "Little Theatre” located on the Tuskegee University campus in Tuskegee, Alabama. Tuskegee University is a historically black college founded in 1881 and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965 for its role in providing higher education for African Americans. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F08_M_01
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Tuskegee University; Universities and colleges
Places: Tuskegee University; Tuskegee (Alabama)
 

Description: Photograph of the dressing room in The Little Theatre, located on the Tuskegee University campus in Tuskegee, Alabama. Tuskegee University is a historically black college founded in 1881 and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965 for its role in providing higher education for African Americans. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F08_M_02
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Tuskegee University; Universities and colleges
Places: Tuskegee University; Tuskegee (Alabama)
 

Description: Photograph of the seating and stage of the "Little Theatre," located on the Tuskegee University campus in Tuskegee, Alabama. Tuskegee University is a historically black college founded in 1881 and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965 for its role in providing higher education for African Americans. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_P2_B05F08_M_03
Subjects: Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Tuskegee University; Universities and colleges
Places: Tuskegee University; Tuskegee (Alabama)
 

Description: Official program from the 16th annual Tuskegee vs. Wilberforce football classic, played Friday, October 12, 1945 at Comiskey's White Sox Park in Chicago, Illinois. The series between the two schools began in 1928. Tuskegee and Wilberforce played a total of twenty games. Wilberforce won the overall series with a final win in 1949, making their total nine to Tuskegee's eight. Three games in the series ended in a tie. ALTERNATE TEXT: The front cover of the Tuskegee versus Wilberforce football game in Chicago. The paper is slightly dirtied on the spine and has two holes near the spine, possibly to be inserted into a binder or scrap book. The page itself is an off-white color. Text at the top and the bottom are both green to reflect Wilberforce University's school colors. One man is in the middle of the page. He is shaded red to reflect Tuskegee University's school colors, with an older style football helmet. The football helmet has a yellow T and a W on it. To his right is a woman also in an old style football helmet and shaded red. She wears a yellow T on her helmet. To the man's left is a woman, shaded red, with a football helmet that has a yellow W on it. All three people sit above a yellow stylized football with white font that includes details of the football game. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS6_B08F04_01
Subjects: Tuskegee University; Wilberforce University; Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Sports
Places: Tuskegee (Alabama); Tuskegee Institute; Wilberforce (University); Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio); Chicago (Illinois)
 

Description: Official program of the Wilberforce University vs. Tuskegee Institute football game played at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois on October 14, 1938. The series between the two schools began in 1928. Tuskegee and Wilberforce played a total of twenty games. Wilberforce won the overall series with a final win in 1949, making their total nine to Tuskegee's eight. Three games in the series ended in a tie. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS6_B08F01_02
Subjects: Tuskegee University; Wilberforce University; Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Sports
Places: Soldier Field; Tuskegee (Alabama); Tuskegee Institute; Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio); Chicago (Illinois)
 

Description: Official program for the 11th Annual Football Game, Tuskegee Institute vs. Wilberforce University, Oct. 11, 1940, Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois. The series between the two schools began in 1928. Tuskegee and Wilberforce played a total of twenty games. Wilberforce won the overall series with a final win in 1949, making their total nine to Tuskegee's eight. Three games in the series ended in a tie. ALTERNATE TEXT: An off-white sports program with a thick red border at the top, and a thinner red border at the bottom of the page. There are two blue lines running vertically along the sides of the program, with the innermost line being the thinnest. The font is navy blue and red. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS6_B08F02_01
Subjects: Tuskegee University; Wilberforce University; Historical Black Colleges and Universities; Sports
Places: Wilberforce, Greene County (Ohio); Soldier Field; Chicago (Illinois); Tuskegee (Alabama)
 

Description: Photograph of Hallie Q. Brown. Brown was the daughter of freed slaves Thomas and Frances Jane who were actively involved with the Underground Railroad. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Wilberforce University and later became Dean of Women at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Brown helped found the National Association of Colored Women (NACW), was elected Secretary of Education of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1900 and served as the 7th National President of the NACW. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2_B04F09_I_05
Subjects: Brown, Hallie Q. (Hallie Quinn), d. 1949; African American Educators; African American women; Wilberforce University; Tuskegee Institute
Places: Tuskegee (Alabama); Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Frances E. Brown, seventeen months old, with her grandmother Frances Jane, the mother of Hallie Quinn Brown, who was ninety-one years old. Brown was the daughter of freed slaves Thomas and Frances Jane who were actively involved with the Underground Railroad. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Wilberforce University and later became Dean of Women at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Brown helped found the National Association of Colored Women (NACW), was elected Secretary of Education of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1900 and served as the 7th National President of the NACW. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS5_B10F05_J
Subjects: Brown, Hallie Q. (Hallie Quinn), d. 1949; African American women; African American Educators; Wilberforce University; Tuskegee Institute; Religion in Ohio
 

Description: Portrait of Hallie Q. Brown's mother, Frances Jane Scroggins Brown. Brown was the daughter of freed slaves Thomas and Frances Jane who were actively involved with the Underground Railroad. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Wilberforce University and later became Dean of Women at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Brown helped found the National Association of Colored Women (NACW), was elected Secretary of Education of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1900 and served as the 7th National President of the NACW. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS5_B08F08_A
Subjects: Brown, Hallie Q. (Hallie Quinn), d. 1949; African American women; African American Educators; Wilberforce University; Tuskegee Institute; Religion in Ohio
 

Description: Portrait of Thomas Brown, Hallie Q. Brown's father. This image is found in a small wooden frame. Hallie Q. Brown was the daughter of freed slaves Thomas and Frances Jane who were actively involved with the Underground Railroad. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Wilberforce University and later became Dean of Women at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Brown helped found the National Association of Colored Women (NACW), was elected Secretary of Education of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1900 and served as the 7th National President of the NACW. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS5_B08F08_B
Subjects: Brown, Hallie Q. (Hallie Quinn), d. 1949; African American women; African American Educators; Wilberforce University; Tuskegee Institute; Religion in Ohio; African American men; Slavery; Emancipation of slaves
 

Description: Photograph of Hallie Q. Brown receiving an honorary degree from Central State College. Brown was the daughter of freed slaves Thomas and Frances Jane who were actively involved with the Underground Railroad. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Wilberforce University and later became Dean of Women at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Brown helped found the National Association of Colored Women (NACW), was elected Secretary of Education of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1900 and served as the 7th National President of the NACW. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS5_B08F07
Subjects: Brown, Hallie Q. (Hallie Quinn), d. 1949; African American women; African American Educators; Wilberforce University; Tuskegee Institute; Religion in Ohio; Central State College
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)