"We Cannot Walk Alone:" Images and History of the African-American Community.
Lafayette County, Mississippi. An "Open Doors Exhibition." April through August
2003.
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Frank Chalmers Neilson
“Frank
Chalmers Neilson was born and raised in the late 19th century near Pine
Bluff, Arkansas. He completed his education at Philander-Smith College in
Little Rock and began teaching in the rural schools of Arkansas. At the turn
of the century, he was offered a position in Lafayette County, moved to
Oxford, and taught at Galilee School. When a new school, Rosenwald Junior
High, was built in Oxford, Neilson was invited to become the Principal. |
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