Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Winston-Salem Teachers College Is now Winston-Salem State University

First men’s intercollegiate basketball team at Winston-Salem Teachers College, photograph c. 1932.

Front row (left to right): James Diggs, Walter Gray, Robert Schooler, Roscoe Anderson, Belvedere Cook.
Back Row (left to right): Carlos Hunter Johnson (Coach), James Boyd, Theodore Hayes, Robert Scales, Jesse Eggleton, Theodore Staplefoot, Rupert Bell, A.W. Simon (Manager).

Photograph sourced from: Forsyth County (N.C.) Digital Forsyth, Winston-Salem State University, Boyd, James, Winston-Salem Teachers College
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Winston-Salem State University was founded as "Slater Industrial Academy" on September 28, 1892. In 1925, the North Carolina General Assembly renamed the school "Winston-Salem Teachers College" and the North Carolina State Board of Education allowed the college to award elementary teacher education degrees, making it the first black institution to provide this specialized training.

Winston-Salem Teachers College name changed to Winston-Salem State College in 1963, and then became Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) in 1969, reflecting its expanding role beyond teacher training within the University of North Carolina system.