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Robinson-Spangler North Carolina Room Image Collection

Myers Street School

An all girl 3rd grade class at Myers Street School in the 1920s. The Myers School was located in the vicinity of the Acquatic Center on Stonewall Street. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Phyllis Wheatley YWCA

The Planning Committee of the Phyllis Wheatley YWCA. Left to right: unknown, Eloise Usher, Elizabeth Randolph, Eva Long, Allegra Westbrooks, Goldwyn Foster, Floretta Douglas Gunn, Romenia Ford, Willie Mae Porter, unknown. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Board of Directors of AME Zion Publishing House

Meeting of Board of Directors of AME Zion Publishing House, on the porch of the building at Myers and E. 8th Streets. Front row, left to right: Dr. Gales of Livingstone College, Bishop A. J. Warner, Bishop George Clinton, Dr. Atkins of what was then Winston-Salem State College. Back row: Reverend Simmons, Reverend S. D. Watkins, Reverend E. L. Marable, and Reverend Bennett. Physical Description: 8x10 Publisher: Unknown

Virginia, Floyd, and Evelyn Wallace

Left to right: Virginia Wallace Keogh (1935-1995), Floyd Wallace, Jr., and Evelyn Wallace Byrd. Physical Description: 5x7 Publisher: Unknown

Margaret Neal Wallace

Margaret Neal's, later Wallace' graduation photo. She was eighteen years old at the time and attended Second Ward High School. Physical Description: 5x7 Publisher: Unknown

Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981)

Mary Lou Williams was an American jazz pianist, composer and arranger. Williams wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements, and recorded more than one hundred records She is seen here playing with the Andy Kirk band in Charlotte during the early 1940s. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Southland Jubilee Singers

Southland Jubilee Singers was the early name of the group later known as the 4 Knights. The latter signed with Capitol Records and was a popular gosepl group.  Left to right: Eugene Alford, John Wallace-guitar, Floyd Wallace, Sr.-lead singer, Oscar Broadway, William Hall. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Cochran Family

Left to right: Sallie Cochran, Thelma Cochran, Harriette Cochran, and Jimmy Cochran. This picture was taken on Palmer Street in Third Ward. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown

Thomas D. Grigg

Thomas D. Grigg and Bernard Brown. Physical Description: Publisher: Unknown