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Seated is W.E.B. Du Bois. Standing, from left to right, is J. R. Clifford, L. M. Hershaw, and F. H. M. Murray.

1. Niagara Movement Leaders at Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

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Title:: Niagara Movement Leaders at Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Five of the college buildings on Storer College campus are depicted on this post card. Buildings include: Brackett Hall, Permelia Eastman Cook Hall, Mosher Hall, Anthony Memorial Hall, and the President's House.

2. Buildings at Storer College, Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

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Title:: Buildings at Storer College, Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

Crowd gathered for the stone laying ceremony on Camp Hill at Storer College

3. Laying Corner Stone of Lewis W. Anthony Industrial Building, Storer College, Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

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Title:: Laying Corner Stone of Lewis W. Anthony Industrial Building, Storer College, Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

View from Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, W. Va. showing several buildings on the Storer College campus including 1. Lockwood, 2. Brackett, 3. McDowell Shenandoah (?), 4. Franklin (Cook) House, and 5. Storer College Gym.

4. Looking Towards the Gap from Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

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Title:: Looking Towards the Gap from Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

M.S. Briscoe was a Storer College Alumnus, class of 1924. He received his A.B. degree from Lincoln University, and his A.M. degree in Zoology from Columbia University. He was a Biology Instructor at Storer College in 1930

5. M.S. Briscoe

IDNO:: 049764
Title:: M.S. Briscoe

Born in Piedmont, West Virginia, Redman studied at Storer and at the Boston Conservatory. He was a jazz musician, arranger, bandleader, and composer. Redman became a member of the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame in 2009.

6. Don Redman, Storer College Alumnus, Class of 1920

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Title:: Don Redman, Storer College Alumnus, Class of 1920

Wheaton was the first African American to graduate from the University of Minnesota Law School. He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in the 1898.

7. John Francis Wheaton, Storer College Alum 1882

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Title:: John Francis Wheaton, Storer College Alum 1882

Houston Brooks graduated from Storer College in 1950 and received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry and Veterinary Physiology from Iowa State University.

8. Houston Brooks, Storer College, Class of 1950

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Title:: Houston Brooks, Storer College, Class of 1950

Nnamdi Azikiwe was a Storer College alumnus, class of 1926. He was the first president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

9. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Storer College Alumnus

IDNO:: 049768
Title:: Nnamdi Azikiwe, Storer College Alumnus

Sylvia Bishop graduated from Storer College in Harpers Ferry, W. Va., and was the first African-American woman licensed to train thoroughbred horses in the U.S. Her home track was the Charles Town Race Track, W.Va.

10. Sylvia Bishop, Storer College Alum.

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Title:: Sylvia Bishop, Storer College Alum.

J.R. Clifford graduated from Storer College in Harpers Ferry, W.Va. in 1874. He was the first African-American Attorney in West Virginia. Clifford also published the newspaper, "The Pioneer Press" in Martinsburg, W.Va.

11. J.R. Clifford, Storer College Alum.

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Title:: J.R. Clifford, Storer College Alum.

Redman (1900-1964) was a prominent jazz musician, arranger, band leader, and composer. Born in Piedmont, West Virginia, he graduated from Storer College in Harpers Ferry, W. Va. in 1920, and he also graduated from the Boston Conservatory. Redman became a member of the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame in 2009.

12. Don Redman, Storer College Alumnus

IDNO:: 049771
Title:: Don Redman, Storer College Alumnus