Lucretia Campbell, top row second from left, was part of the first class at Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute in 1886. Others are, top row from left, James Shields, Susie Douglass, Fannie Walker, Carrie Bragg, Willie Davis, Jerry Lucas and Robert Green. Bottom row, from left, President John Mercer Langston, Professor James M. Colson and Mrs. Ida R. Harris.
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VSU changes names of 4 buildings to honor history of women at university
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