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Members of the first board of education for the City of Tuscaloosa. Pictured from left to right are: E. N. C. Snow, Vice President; Carlton Mitchell, Superintendent; E. S. Chisholm; Festus Fitts, Secretary-Treasurer; W. C. Jemison (Mayor), President;…

Dr. W.N. Dansby was appointed to the Tuscaloosa City School Board in 1971 by then-Mayor Snow Hinton. Dansby walked into the line of fire when the school system was in the middle of desegregation, having been placed under Federal court order in…

This is the Tuscaloosa High School building as it appeared in 1916 in the Tuscaloosa High School yearbook, "Black Warrior." The building, located on Queen City Avenue and 10th Street, was designed by architect D.O. Whilldin who designed many iconic…

Group in front of the Tuscaloosa Senior High School. Kneeling left is Rhea Fayssoux and right is James "Curley" Kincaid. At the corner of the building stands J. Oviatt Bowers. Behind the two women in light-colored clothing is John Baker, Vice…

The Tuscaloosa High School Marching Band for 1945-46 shown in front of the school on 21st Avenue. The building, designed by architect D.O. Whilldin, is now the Board of Education Office. Bruce Davis and Rufus Partlow are in the photo. Left is band…

Emma Henderson was a pioneer of education in Tuscaloosa and the state of Alabama.

Henderson moved from Birmingham to Tuscaloosa in 1947 to teach in the Tuscaloosa City Schools. In addition to teaching high school, she taught adults who wanted to…

Coach Adrian McKinzey teaches driver education to students Barbara Bonner Shields and Beatrice Rice Acker at Tuscaloosa County High School.

This photo shows a physical education class at Tuscaloosa Junior High School, located at the corner of 10th Street (now Paul W. Bryant Drive) and Queen City Avenue. The address was 915 Queen City Avenue. Rufus Partlow is front left with Bruce Davis…

Dedication of the gymnasium of Tuscaloosa County High School to Adrian McKinzey. Left-to-Right: Dr. Charles Sprayberry, Coach Adrian McKinzey, Earl Hydrick, Mrs. McKinzey, and James Barnett.

An advertisement for the Tuscaloosa Female College in the 1896 Corolla, the University of Alabama yearbook.

In 1836 Baptists established the Alabama Female Atheneum which became the Tuscaloosa Female College in 1854. This building housed the…