Florida A&M College Expands for Florida Black Veterans with New Facilities and Scholarships

Original Title

FAMC Expands for Florida Black Veterans with New Facilities and Scholarships

Devised Title

Florida A&M College Expands for Florida Black Veterans with New Facilities and Scholarships

Date

1946-05-05

Creator

Daily Democrat See all items with this value

Contributor

William H. Gray

Description

FAMC expanded to accommodate an influx of Florida Negro veterans enrolling, particularly in the Division of Mechanic Arts and technical fields. With $500,000 allocated for a new physical education building and recreation gymnasium, Dr. Gray also introduced out-of-state scholarships and the first GI Bill at FAMC to support veterans' education.

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

Military See all items with this value

HBCU institutional history See all items with this value

HBCU leadership See all items with this value

Location

Tallahassee

Leon County

Florida

United States of America

Type

Textual document

Medium

Paper

Ink

Measurements

L: 20.5cm x W: 10.5cm

Format

PDF

HBCU Identifier

AR_0007_001_004_B19_F11

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.FAMU.0225

Rights

All rights reserved. The use of any part of these objects and photographs transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system without the prior written consent of MEBA is an infringement of the copyright law.

Contributing Institution

Florida A&M University

Source

History of FAMU Collection

Collection

President William H. Gray Jr. See all items with this value

Language

English

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