Scurlock Studio and Brown Studio photograph collections being digitized by Smithsonian’sNational Museum of African American History and Culture, Robert F. Smith Center

Scurlock Studio and Brown Studio photograph collections being digitized by Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, Robert F. Smith Center. Dr. Doretha Williams, Director, The Robert F. Smith Center for the Digitization and Curation of African American History (Smith Center) at the National Museum of African American

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Visit from VCU Graduate School Students

Visit from VCU Graduate School Students. Nile McNair and John Elliot, both VCU grad students visited the James Solomon Russell – Saint Paul’s College Museum and Archives on Sunday, July 3. They are collaborating, for a class project, on a multimedia journalism package on the growth and development of the

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State Representatives Visit Museum.

Recently, Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Betina Ring, Former House of Delegates member and current Judge Onzlee Ware from Roanoke and President and CEO of the Virginia Tourism Corporation, Rita McClenny visited the James Solomon Russell – Saint Paul’s College Museum and Archives. Judge Ware attended summer camp

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James Solomon Russell Day.

Yes, that is correct, if you didn’t know it before, you know now! it was presented to the Senate on January 15, 2020 and was agreed and pass with a unanimous (40-Y 0-N) on February 11, 2020. from this Forward March 28 will be J.S Russell day. WHEREAS, James Solomon

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Oralia Washington | Sports Information Director @ JCSU

Courtesy of JCSU Marketing & Communications Department(Re-post from theciaa.com/news 2019 ) CHARLOTTE, NC – The Division of Institutional Advancement welcomes Oralia Washington to Johnson C. Smith University as Sports Information Director in the University Communications and Marketing department. Washington comes to JCSU after spending the last three years as Sports

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Charlotte Hosted Its Final CIAA Tournament in Feb. 2020

Oralia Washinton (Saint Paul’s College Alum’) speaks on the CIAA Tournament.

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Museum Capitol News Service

Arianna Coghill, left, with Virginia Commonwealth University’s Capitol News Service, visited the James Solomon Russell/Saint Paul’s College Museum and Archives on April 2 to gather information on a news story she is writing about the museum. Meeting with her was James Grimstead, Chairman of the Museum and Sylvia Allen, board

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Museum Article picked up by the Associated Press

Museum Article picked up by the Associated Press. The January 8, 2019 Richmond Times Dispatch article on the museum by columnist, Bill Lohmann was picked up by the Associated Press and distributed nationwide. Newspapers across the country such as the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Seattle Times published the

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Antwain Smith visits museum

Antwain Smith, Saint Paul’s College graduate, and basketball standout stopped by the James Solomon Russell/Saint Paul’s College Museum and Archives on Thursday, February 28th on his way to Charlotte, North Carolina where he will be inducted into the CIAA Hall of Fame on Friday, March 1. Smith said that while

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Support given to the museum

Support is given to the museum. The James Solomon Russell High School Class of 1968 recently made a donation to the James Solomon Russell/Saint Paul’s College Museum and Archives. The museum’s board of directors is conducting a fundraising campaign to help with the museum’s move to the Brunswick County Conference

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