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The Value of Yearbooks

Back when I was in elementary and middle school, one of the things I looked forward to most was getting my yearbook at the end of the...

NOLA4Women: Valena C. Jones’ Legacy in Two Cities

When the former Miro School in New Orleans was renamed the Valena C. Jones Normal School in 1918, it was in recognition of Jones’...

NOLA4Women: Fannie C. Williams and New Orleans Education

Fannie C. Williams, 1882-1980, was the principal at Valena C. Jones Elementary and Normal Schools in New Orleans, Louisiana from about...

50 Years/50 Collections: Gabrielle Simon Edgcomb and the Refugee Scholars of the HBCUs

In Germany in the 1930s, many scholars had to make a difficult choice. As the political climate in Europe soured when Adolf Hitler and...

Raymond Pitts Papers Join STEM Collections Open for Research

The Amistad Research Center is pleased to open the papers of mathematics educator, dean, specialist in teacher training programs, and...

RELEASE: Kathe Hambrick Appointed The Center's Executive Director, read more...