African American educators

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Black and white photo of children making arts and crafts on a carpeted floor. Beside them, an adult, Mary Hansen, watches over them.

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Junior year high school year book belonging to James L. Taylor. Contains multiple handwritten notes from classmates.

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Black and white photograph of several children from HQB sitting outside on a child-size train named "Empire Builder". Three HQB staff members are also present.

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Black and white picture of a girl and her instructor performing tap dance in a room at HQB. Typed note on the back reads as follows:

Come and See Tour. May 2nd. Tap Dancing Class at Hallie Q. Brown.

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Black and white photo of HQB staff gathered around a wooden table, looking at one another. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph identifies those in the photograph as follows:

Standing: Emanuel Roseby; John Douglas [and] Hattie Hall.

Seated: Decil McCoy; Hazel Butler; Ruth Brown; Alverta Coram; Harriet Benjamin; Miss Carden; Billy Griffin [and] Boyd Patrick.

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Black and white photo of 12 people sitting together next to a piano, each reading a from a book. They have been identified as follows:

Back row: Gladys Harris; Gordy Kirk; Harriet Schine; Veldora Turner and Yolanda Coram.

Front row: Eunia Jones; Eloise Vassar; Larmar Goss-Smith; Gwen Cyras; Helen Benner and Mrs. Woodford.

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Black and white photo of three boys and one man in a park. They are hanging a refreshment bag between two trees. They have been identified as follows:

Harold Knott; Louis Moore; Bill Moore and Counselor Fred Slemmons.

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Letter from Mount St. Mary's School, at 931 Blair Ave in St. Paul, to Janabelle Taylor. Letter is signed by Ronnie Nordstrom, Mary Carlson, Pat Ueeck, Jackie Anderson, Delores French, Judy Delaney and Jeanne de cent.

Scope and Contents An excerpt from the newspaper clipping reads as follows: Milton Williams of 955 Iglehart Ave. in St. Paul will again this year be conducting classes in the "Negro in American Life" at Hallie Q. Brown. Milton first began teaching these kind of classes at Karamu House in Cleveland in 1960. He taught them at that location for three years until he was made regional coordinator for the Emancipation Proclamation Exposition in Chicago in 1963. Mr. Williams...