Archives Photograph Collection

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title:

African American football team

image number:

P0066965

description:

According to a note found with the photo: Ellis Stewart became a Chicago attorney and was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi. Robert Skelton became an Indianpolis minister. Frank Summers became an attorney in East St. Louis and was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi. Guy Grant became an Indianapolis dentist and was a founder of Kappa Alpha Psi. George A. Johnson was a member of the first pledge class of Kappa Alpha Psi. Ezra D. Alexander became an Indianapolis physician and was a founder of Kappa Alpha Psi. Maurice Evans became a Bloomington minister and lived more than 100 years. The note also reads, in full: "This team plaed a few teams from Wilberforce in Ohio to Summer High School in St. Louis, Mo. This was before blacks participating in collegiate sports at Indiana University and other Big Ten Schools."

date taken:

probably 1914

photographer studio:

Unknown

copyright owner:

Unknown

personal name:

Stewart, Ellis

personal name:

Campbell, Herman

personal name:

Morris, John

personal name:

Skelton, Robert

personal name:

Ghan, Glodie Winston

personal name:

Summers, Frank

personal name:

Grant, Guy

personal name:

Johnson, George A.

personal name:

Alexander, Ezra D.

personal name:

Evans, Maurice

personal name:

Brown, Clarence

personal name:

Brown, Leonard

personal name:

Summers, Archie

personal name:

Unknown Individual/s

location of individuals:

(Back Row, L to R) Ellis Stewart, Herman Campbell, John Morris, and Robert Skelton. (Second Row, L to R) Glodie Winston Ghan, Frank Summers, and Guy Grant. (Third Row, L to R) George A. Johnson, Ezra D. Alexander, Maurice Evans, Clarence Brown, and Leonard Brown. (Front Row, L to R) Archie Summers, and Unknown.

topic:

Football

topic:

Team photo

city:

Bloomington

state:

Indiana

series:

Groups

subseries:

Football

folder:

African American Team

 

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