Description: In the years leading up tot he U.S. entry into the war, Austin Seminary was experiencing severe financial hardship. This statement from the Board lays out the Seminary's financial position and makes the case for increased support in order to continue…
Description: This page from the opening of the 1950-1951 academic year shows the signature of Daniel Clark Jr., Austin Seminary’s first African-American student.
Description: On December 17, 1947, Austin Seminary faculty made the following decision on the application of a black student: “The application of Lonnie R. Proctor, a Negro, for admission to the Seminary as a theological student was presented. No action by the…
Description: Photograph of Neither Black or White: The Whole Church for a Broken World by David O. Shipley, an account by Shipley on his experience as a black student at Austin Seminary during the 1950s.
Description: Photograph from the Austin Seminary Bulletin, March, 1976 depicting Elsworth "Pete" Wright and Joe T. Sheeler at the Austin Seminary Association banquet. Wright was the first African-American to receive the Austin Seminary Association (ASA) Award for…