Nina Brown and Jere Brown christening photograph   Save
Hallie Q. Brown Collection
Description: Portrait of Nina Brown holding her son Jere Brown, Jr. at his christening ceremony. Nina Brown is the sister-in-law of Hallie Q. Brown. Hallie Q. Brown and her brother Jere were the children 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_B10F03_05
Subjects: Brown, Hallie Q. (Hallie Quinn), d. 1949; African American women; Wilberforce University; Tuskegee Institute; Religion in Ohio; African American Educators
Places: Hallie Q. Brown Collection