UPWARD: A HISTORY OF NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY (1935 TO 1975)

Published by Howard University Press, Washington, D.C., 1983

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Seller: Antic Hay Books, Asbury Park, NJ, U.S.A.Antic Hay Books

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Very Good (covers nice & bright; contents clean & tight); very minor wear (tiny tear) d/j. A very nice copy of a scarce book! Tall 8vo., brick-colored cloth in dust jacket; 395 pages Very scarce first edition. Signed by Lyman Beecher Brooks on the front endpaper: ?Lyman B. Brooks. 11/6/83? on the front endpaper. Also, laid in is an invitation to a book signing by Brooks at the Omni International Hotel in Norfolk, Va. on Nov. 6, 1983. Lyman Beecher Brooks [1910-1984] was the first President of Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia. Norfolk State University (NSU) is a public historically black university. In 1938, Brooks became Director of the Norfolk Unit of Virginia Union University (now Norfolk State University). During his thirty-seven-year career as the director, provost and president of the college from 1938 to 1975, he helped build the school from a three-classroom junior college with five teachers to an eighteen-building campus with a faculty and staff of 375 and 6,300 students. Dr. Brooks? leadership helped the college achieve numerous milestones. In 1972 a new library was completed and named the Lyman Beecher Brooks Library in honor of his many accomplishments. With the pencil signature & notation on the front pastedown: ?Property of Samuel R. Wilson Jr.? There is a Samuel Ross Wilson mentioned in the book?s Index. A very scarce book, especially signed by Brooks.…

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Title
UPWARD: A HISTORY OF NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY (1935 TO 1975)
Author
BROOKS, Lyman Beecher
Publisher
Howard University Press, Washington, D.C.
Publication year
1983
Dust jacket
dj
Signed
Signed
Binding
Hardcover
Illustrator
Illustrated.
Edition
1st Edition
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