Johnson C. Smith University [1]
- Martin Luther King, Jr.'s voice filled the gymnasium on the Smith campus [2]. 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 [3]. Both are Smith graduates.
- February 16, 1968 - Johnson C. Smith students burn an effigy [4] 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 [5].
- Smith students going to a convocation commemorating the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. march together down Beatties Ford Road [6] in 1981.
- Harriet Harris [7] was Miss Johnson C. Smith in 1971.
- Students Marvin Watson and Beverly Walker practice piano [8] 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 [9], 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 [10] for photographer John Daughtery.
- The JCSU Homecoming parade has long been a fall community highlight. Bruster Hearn is part of the marching band [11] 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. [12]
Exhibit & Section:
Heritage [14]
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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.
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