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Johnson C. Smith University
- Martin Luther King, Jr.'s voice filled the gymnasium on the Smith campus. His address was the highlight of the university's 1967 centennial celebration.
- In 1967, Johnson C. Smith University celebrated its 100-year anniversary. At the Grand Reunion, Dr. Melva Costen greets Matthew Whitehead. Both are Smith graduates.
- February 16, 1968 - Johnson C. Smith students burn an effigy of South Carolina Gov. Robert McNair in a sympathy demonstration. They were protesting the deaths of three students in Orangeburg, S.C. killed by law enforcement officials during a demonstration.
- October 16, 1969 - Smith students join a protest against the war in Vietnam.
- Smith students going to a convocation commemorating the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. march together down Beatties Ford Road in 1981.
- Harriet Harris was Miss Johnson C. Smith in 1971.
- Students Marvin Watson and Beverly Walker practice piano on the Smith campus in the University Church. In 1929, the church was built with the financial support of Mrs. Johnson C. Smith.
- Dr. Lionel Newsom, Johnson C. Smith President from 1969-1972, talks with Rev. DeGrandval Burke, left, who taught religion and philosophy at the school. In 1977, Rev. Burke began to collect, with the support of the Afro-American Cultural Center, photographs and data about African American history in Charlotte.
- In the early 1970s, student Valerie Willis wears a mini-skirt and go-go boots. William Harris III and Deborah Gates pose for photographer John Daughtery.
- The JCSU Homecoming parade has long been a fall community highlight. Bruster Hearn is part of the marching band as the 1990 parade winds down Beatties Ford Road and into downtown Charlotte.
- Honors students Cheryl Blount and Elliott Willingham. / Fans at JCSU homecoming game.
Source:
The African American Album: The Black Experience in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Vol. 2. Charlotte, NC: Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, 1998. Computer optical disc, 4 3/4 in.
