Our Story A presentation on the Our Story Project by the Earl Carl Institute’s Graduate Student Researchers
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church where Extension Classes were registered September 11, 1925
Mr. T.J. Fox Director of the Extension classes in 1925 and later Dean of Houston College for Negroes from 1927-1932
Houston Colored High the location of the first Extension Classes held from 1925-1927
Mr. W.L.D. Johnson, Sr. Acting Dean of Houston Junior College for Negroes from1932- 1933 Dr. R.O. Lanier, Dean of Houston College for Negroes from 1933-1938 Dr. John D. Bowles, Dean of Houston College for Negroes from 1938 -1942 Mr. Allen Norton, Dean of Houston College for Negroes from 1942 -1948
Jack Yates High School (now Ryan Junior High School Building) home of the Houston Junior College and the Houston College for Negroes from 1927-1947
Houston College for Negroes students
Heman Sweatt
Thornton Fairchild Building – First permanent structure on the campus of Texas State University for Negroes
Dr. Raphael O’Hara Lanier, First President of Texas Southern University
1948 Texas State University for Negroes Football National Champions
1948 Texas State University for Negroes Basketball Southern Division Champions
1949 Graduates of Texas State University for Negroes
Garriette Greene Lanier Hall for Women R.O Lanier Dormitory for Men
Dr. Samuel Milton Nabrit, Second President of Texas Southern University
Governor Shivers (extreme left) walks behind Dr Governor Shivers (extreme left) walks behind Dr. Nabrit and a police officer
Dr. Joseph A. Pierce, Third President of Texas Southern University
Dr. Pierce Jr. and Wife
Martin Luther King Building
May 20, 1967 – Police Officers Arresting Students after riot
Dr. Granville Monroe Sawyer, Fourth President of Texas Southern University
Granville M. Sawyer Auditorium
Barbara C. Jordan at the opening of the Barbara C. Jordan Post Office
Barbara Jordan Postage Stamp
Everett Owens Bell, Fifth President of Texas Southern University
The Proposed Plan for Texas Southern University called the “Bubble”
Dr. Leonard H.O. Spearman, Sixth President of Texas Southern University
Dr. Spearman as Executive Director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs
Robert James Terry Library
Dr. William H. Harris, Seventh President of Texas Southern University
Dr. Harris
Texas Southern University
Dr. Joann Horton, Eighth President of Texas Southern University
Dr. Horton
Dr. James Douglas, Ninth President of Texas Southern University
Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Dr. James Douglas at 2011 Birthday Roast
Dr. Priscilla Slade, Tenth President of Texas Southern University
Jesse H. Jones, School of Business
Dr. Slade during trial
Dr. John Rudley, Eleventh President of Texas Southern University
Dr. Rudley working for the future of Texas Southern University
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