1. For this back-to-school edition of Mustache Monday, we bring you James C. Moore, principal and founder of the East Tennessee Industrial School. For more images, see “Sketch book of Livingstone College and East Tennessee Industrial School, Salisbury, N.C.” Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / General Research and Reference Division

    For this back-to-school edition of Mustache Monday, we bring you James C. Moore, principal and founder of the East Tennessee Industrial School. For more images, see
    “Sketch book of Livingstone College and East Tennessee Industrial School, Salisbury, N.C.”

    Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / General Research and Reference Division

  2. It’s the day every kid dreads  - the first day of public school in New York City. To mark the occasion, here’s a print from 1887 depicting kids going back to school in 1700. It’s from our amazing Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection. Enjoy, and happy school year!  

    It’s the day every kid dreads  - the first day of public school in New York City. To mark the occasion, here’s a print from 1887 depicting kids going back to school in 1700. It’s from our amazing Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection. Enjoy, and happy school year!