Photograph of former Samuel Huston College President Joseph Benjamin Randolph

Black and white full body portrait of J. B. Randolph. Randolph has his hands crossed in front. In one hand, he is holding an object.

Joseph Benjamin Randolph served as President of Sam Huston between 1920 and 1923. Prior to that he taught a range of subjects at Wiley College, including Latin and Greek. Born in Mississippi and educated in New Orleans, Randolph, like Lovinggood, represented the influx of African American talent from other states into Texan educational institutions.

Courtesy of the Huston-Tillotson University, Downs-Jones Library Archives and Special Collections