75th Jubilee Anniversary, Jackson State College: Arna Bontemps, Melvin B. Tolson, Jackson State College President Jacob Redick, Owen Dodson, Robert Hayden, Sterling Brown, Zora Neale Hurston, Margaret Walker, and Langston Hughes.
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75th Jubilee Anniversary, Jackson State College: Arna Bontemps, Melvin B. Tolson, Jackson State College President Jacob Redick, Owen Dodson, Robert Hayden, Sterling Brown, Zora Neale Hurston, Margaret Walker, and Langston Hughes.
Collection
Portrait collection
Portraits of Authors
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1952-10-19 - 1952-10-24
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Portraits of Authors
Subjects
African American authors
African American educators
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
Hurston, Zora Neale
Bontemps, Arna Wendell, 1902-1973
Brown, Sterling Allen, 1901-1989
Walker, Margaret, 1915-1998
Hayden, Robert Earl
Dodson, Owen, 1914-1983
Tolson, Melvin Beaunorus
Redick, Jacob
Jackson State College -- Commemorations
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Content: 75th Jubilee Anniversary, Jackson State College, Jackson, Mississippi, Oct. 19-24, 1952. Back row, left to right: Arna Bontemps, Melvin B. Tolson, Jackson State College President Jacob Redick, Owen Dodson, Robert Hayden. Front row, left to right: Sterling Brown, Zora Neale Hurston?, Margaret Walker, Langston Hughes.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: b ; 21 x 26 cm.
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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16819138
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19523923
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 92891ed0-c5f1-012f-5973-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "75th Jubilee Anniversary, Jackson State College: Arna Bontemps, Melvin B. Tolson, Jackson State College President Jacob Redick, Owen Dodson, Robert Hayden, Sterling Brown, Zora Neale Hurston, Margaret Walker, and Langston Hughes." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1952 - 1952. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/92891ed0-c5f1-012f-5973-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1952 - 1952). 75th Jubilee Anniversary, Jackson State College: Arna Bontemps, Melvin B. Tolson, Jackson State College President Jacob Redick, Owen Dodson, Robert Hayden, Sterling Brown, Zora Neale Hurston, Margaret Walker, and Langston Hughes. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/92891ed0-c5f1-012f-5973-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "75th Jubilee Anniversary, Jackson State College: Arna Bontemps, Melvin B. Tolson, Jackson State College President Jacob Redick, Owen Dodson, Robert Hayden, Sterling Brown, Zora Neale Hurston, Margaret Walker, and Langston Hughes." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/92891ed0-c5f1-012f-5973-58d385a7bc34
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