Austin Seminary and the African American Experience: Toward Beloved Community

This online exhibit looks at the history of African American students, faculty, and staff at Austin Seminary.

Featured are photographs and documents chronicling Austin Seminary from the 1940s to the present. These selections from the archives tell the stories of some of the people who have helped shape the Seminary into a more inclusive and diverse institution and community.

This exhibit was created in 2019 and may not reflect ongoing changes to our community. Although we were only able to feature selected members of our community in this exhibit, the archives has documentation on other community members and is always happy to help with research or information gathering.

We are on the lookout for more contributions to our historical collections -- if you have photographs, documents, video, or stories that you would like to share, please contact us at archives@austinseminary.edu. 

Throughout the exhibit, you may click on the images to open up a larger version.