1975 Carole P. Bowden

1975-1976 Miss Lincoln

1976 Andrea Jackson

1976-1977 Miss Lincoln

1979 Gayle Bonds

1979-1980 Miss Lincoln

1992 Tisha Lambert-Harden

1992-1993 Miss Lincoln

1999 Danielle Bradsfield

1999-2000 Miss Lincoln

Juanita Kidd Stout

When Juanita Kidd was growing up in Wewoka, Oklahoma, she never saw a female lawyer, never mind a black female lawyer. At 16, Stout graduated from high school, but had to leave Oklahoma to find an accredited college, and later a law school that would accept her. Stout made an appearance at Lincoln University from 1935-1937, when she reigned as Queen of the Quill in 1936, but completed her Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Music from the University of Iowa. In 1948, Stout graduated from Indiana University’s School of Law. Juanita Stout paved the way for many aspiring female lawyers. In 1959, Stout was the first black female to be elected to a court of record in the United States. She also became the first black woman in history to serve on a state (Pennsylvania) Supreme Court.

2.3 University of Missouri building

The university’s defense, led by William Hogsett, countered that the University was bound by law to reject Gaines’ application and stated that Lincoln University had to provide higher education for Negroes. This is the point that Houston wanted the court to address. Houston got Canada to admit the only students he would bar would be of African descent. Hogsett, on the other hand, was unable to unnerve young Mr. Gaines with speculation that the NAACP had put him up to applying at MU. Gaines replied,” No, that is my idea; about the [law] suit.”

Postcard: Lincoln Institute Jefferson City, MO

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Postcard: Lincoln Institute Jefferson City, MO

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Lincoln Institute Board of Curators Meeting Minutes, 1921 to 1923

Board of Curators Meeting Minutes for Lincoln Institute (later Lincoln University) from August 4, 1921 to August 10, 1923.

Lincoln Institute Board of Curators Meeting Minutes, 1913 to May 1921

Board of Curators Meeting Minutes for Lincoln Institute (later Lincoln University) from 1913 to May, 1921.

Lincoln Institute Board of Curators Meeting Minutes, 1910 to 1912

Board of Curators Meeting Minutes for Lincoln Institute (later Lincoln University) from January 24, 1910 to December 30, 1912.

Lincoln Institute Board of Curators Meeting Minutes, 1907-1909

Board of Curators Meeting Minutes for Lincoln Institute (later Lincoln University) from April 22, 1907 to December 20, 1909.

Lincoln Institute Board of Curators Meeting Minutes, 1903 to 1906

Board of Curators Meeting Minutes for Lincoln Institute (later Lincoln University) from June 13, 1903 to December 20, 1906.

Carolyn Atkins

Carolyn Atkins is from St. Louis, where she attended Washington University. While there she received a Master’s Degree in Counseling and Guidance in 1968. She also received a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Mathematics in 1951 from Morgan State College, Baltimore, Maryland. Carolyn Atkins was the first black and first woman to serve on the Missouri Board of Probation and Parole.