Black Women in American History & Culture

Juliet: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2)

We are here to speak your

names

Black Women in American History & Culture

Speak the Names

Women who stood and stand as pillars of

support of the leadership

OF THIS CAMPUS;

Women who were and are teachers,

librarians, counselors, home economists, and

leadersin their own rights;

Those who ARE DECEASED:

Mary Ella Holtzclaw

Addie Holtzclaw

Naomi Grantham

Cleopatra Boyd

Dr. Carolyn C. Washington

Those who yet live:

Essie Holtzclaw

Faye Stokes

Ouida Kinnard

Doris Jackson Barnes

Madelyn Bell

Veronica Dampier

Gwendolyn Strong

We Speak Your Names

Those who are gone on but left a mark yet undiminished by time in Teaching, Training,

Serving as BEACONS of LIGHT for generations of

students:

Maggie Dunson

Mae Helen Thompson

Freddie Cannon Jackson

Willie Mary Taylor Thompson

Katie M. Price

Marie Dillon

Mary Nell Scott

Mildred Jean Winger

Clara Womack Porter

Patrinella Diggs

Carolyn Addison

We Speak Your Names

We Speak Your Names

Those who are yet here in continued

service as significant contributors to part of the positive upward

movement of this campus:

Ellestene Pilot Turner

Mae Cathryne Jackson

Magnolia Hampton

Barbara Stokes

Marilyn Yvonne Binion Davis

Deborah Carter Danner

Gloria Daniels

Carolyn Samuel

Jacqueline Virginia Carter- Sullivan

Chris Tanner-Watkins

Willie Ealey

Esther Owens

We Speak Your Names

We Speak Your Names

THOSE WHO ONCE SERVED AS

BEACONS OF HOPE FOR STUDENTS,

EDUCATORS, AND PROGRAM

DEVELOPERS IN THEIR VARIOUS SPECIALTIES:

They have moved on along their paths to other places or they have retired from

professional service.

In each case, Utica served as the

launching point of their contributing to quality education for

thousands of students:

Minnie Battle

Theresa Battle

Ernestine Black

Bessie Bernice Brown

Myra Buckley

Willie Pearl Burnley

Tommie Steen Calhoun

Ruth Batton Campbell

Barbara Clayton

Monocia Connors

Rosia Wade Crisler

Jessie Dawson

Joyce Denson

Marva Elijah

Alma Fisher

Shirley Green

Anita Roberts Griffin

Carolyn Hackett

Helen Hampton

Dr. Linden Haynes

Annie Harper

Margaree Jenkins

Louise Jones

Maudie Jordan

Catherine Knight

Bobbie Rose Mason

Sarah Mason

Vickie Moreland

Bessie Marie O’Banner

Dr. L. A. Reed

Shirley Richardson

Mary Ann Robinson

Dr. Ginger Smith

Juanita Smith

Frances Staten

Christine Stevens

Ida Hubbard Thomas

Yolanda Troupe-Williams

Helen Warner

Georgia Wiggins

Willie Mae Wilcher

Delores Williams

Dr. Hazeltine Woods-Fouché

We Speak Your Names

We Speak Your Names

Those who come in with ZEAL, YOUTH,

AMBITION…Ready to continue carrying the

TORCHfor

QUALITY EDUCATION

Those who come in THIS TIME,

I will not speak their names

YOU WILL!

You SpeakTheir Names,

Now!

Speak Their Names!

Speak Their Names!