With the help of DuBois School alumni and the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, the museum’s archival material related to Wake Forest’s DuBois School is now available online. The DuBois School student newspaper, The Gazette, makes up most of the digitized material, but you will also find a 1964 and 1965 student yearbook, and material published by the National Alumni Association of DuBois.
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From Slavery to Freedom in Wake Forest
When Calvin Jones arrived at his newly purchased farm in 1821–in the part of the county he later named “Wake Forest”–he brought more than his family. He also […]
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The DuBois School Athletic Program – In Celebration of Black History Month
To mark Black History Month, the museum is sharing a rare collection of images from the DuBois School. By the time these photographs were taken in […]
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A Dancer and a Songwriter – Fame in Wake Forest
Like an echo of the literature, music, and fashion known as the Harlem Renaissance, the African-American community in mid-20th century Wake Forest experienced a surge in […]
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The Legacy of L. Robert Best: “Let your light shine.”
He was a headmaster straight from Central Casting–a stern, bespectacled black man from Barbados with a clipped accent, perfect manners, and a passion for equal education […]
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