Pennants, common even from the early years of the school, are still being sold in the JMU Bookstore demonstrating their tenacity through the years of our school.
Reproduced image of a local 19th century business. This grocery, located downtown, has many young African American boys pictured in front of the shop. Some carry baskets and others are driving a buggy. An African American man, presumably a shop keep,…
Now known as Cleveland Hall, “Junior Hall” was built in 1936 and originally housed students with Junior status at Madison College. For the first few decades of its existence part of the space inside the Hall was reserved for a dormitory hostess whose…
Exuberant students surround a keg in this image from 1979, a year after kegs were first allowed in dormitories. In 2013, kegs are no longer allowed after keg privileges were taken away in the late 1980s. Reports from administration indicate that…
Male and female students in the JMU Black Choir walk and sing together. The choir, and other African American organizations on campus, worked together to create a support system of sorts for minority students adjusting to life on campus.