AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE IN WACO

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  • New Hope Baptist Church Orchestra
    Early 1900s
  • New Hope Baptist Church Choir, 1909
  • Doris Miller
    WWII Hero from Speegleville
  • Jules Bledsoe
    World-renowned singer from Waco
  • (2000) by Dr. Garry H. Radford
  • The Gem Theater
    South Side of the Square
  • On the Square, 1939
  • On the Square, 1939
  • Jockey Club Barber Shop, 1939
    131 S. 2nd
  • Jockey Club Barber Shop, 1939
    131 S. 2nd
  • Sitting in Front of the Gen Theater, 1939
    South Side of the Square
  • Mrs. Irene Cobb and her 1-3 Graders
    Bosqueville School
  • Moore High School Cooking Class, 1927
    Mrs. A.G. Taylor, Teacher
  • 1948 Moore High Football Team
  • J.H. Hines with Children
  • A.J. Moore High School Cheerleaders
    1946
  • J.H. Hines and Teachers, 1930s
    East Waco School
  • Harriet Caufield
    Born a slave, died free.
  • Amy Caufield
    Born a slave, died free.
  • Dr. George Sherman Conner
    Waco Doctor 1895-1939
  • Meddie Lillian Allen
    Owned a great farm at Harrison Switch
  • Harriet Caufield Smith
    Named for her Grandmother
  • New Hope Baptist church Orchestra
    Early 1900s
  • Vera Allen, 1920s
    Daughter of Meddie Allen
  • Jules Bledsoe
    World-renowned Singer
    from Waco
  • Affluent Professional Men
  • Dollie and Steve Cobb, 1922
    N. 7th Street School
  • Doris Miller
    WWII Hero from Speegleville
  • New Hope Baptist Church, December 12, 1943
    Note-burning ceremony
  • Alpha Rho Sigma Chapter of
    Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, 1946
  • Pizzarro Ray Malone
    Self-Employed Real Estate Agent
  • Vivienne Malone
    Baylor’s First Black Professor
  • Paul Quinn College Main Building
    The “X” locates an old slave auction block which stood as a reminder of the importance of education.
  • Lazarus Place
    In East Waco Near Paul Quinn
  • Reverend and Mrs. Stephen Cobb
    Waco’s First Black Licensed Minister
    First Pastor at New Hope Baptist Church
  • Sublett Grocery Store in East Waco
    Owned by L.M. Sublett
    First Black-Owned Business in Waco
    1887-1938
  • Blacks and Whites worked side by side in the rescue efforts after the 1953 Waco Tornado.
  • Oscar DuConge became
    Waco’s first Black mayor in 1974.
  • Photographer A.A. Moody
    in Cameron Park,, 1930s
  • Waco Army Flying School Soldiers, 1943
  • New Hope Baptist Church Boy Scouts, 1970s
  • Paul Quinn College, Main Building
  • Paul Quinn College Main Building
  • Bishop Paul Quinn
  • Paul Quinn Faculty Group, 1914
  • Paul Quinn College Entrance
    1020 Elm Avenue
  • Paul Quinn College Art Class, 1916
  • Rear view of Main Building
  • A.J. Moore
  • Moore High School Memorial Marker
  • Moore High School, 1914
    Clay and River Street
    Bunrned in 1921
  • A.J. Moore 1915 Elementary Class
  • Moore High Lions
  • A.J. Moore High School
    600 South First (University Parks)
    Built in 1923
  • Dr. Garry H. Radford
    Waco Dentist, Civic Leader, and Historian
  • Officers C.F. Franklin and Jessie Gamble
    Waco’s First Two Black Police Officers, 1940s