Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with James Colston, 1981.
Creator: | Colston, James A., 1910-1982 | Project: | United Negro College Fund project. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 85 pages. Sound recording 2 audiocassettes. | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteCollege president.
Scope and ContentsChildhood in Florida; education: BA from Morehouse College, MA from Atlanta University; junior high school principal; president Bethune-Cookman College, 1941-1945; recollections of Mary Bethune; fund raising for United Negro College Fund; PhD in education from New York University; president of Georgia State College, Knoxville College, 1952-1966, Bronx Community College, 1966-1976; influence of United Negro College Fund on fund raising and higher education of blacks; retirement.
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