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Photo by North Carolina Central University/Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs)/Getty Images

This black and white photo is from the camera of the African American photojournalist, North Carolina native, and civil rights activist Alexander McAllister Rivera, Jr.

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It was taken sometime in in Alice Freeman Palmer Memorial Hall on the campus of the Alice Freeman Palmer Memorial Institute (AFPMI) in Sedalia, North Carolina.

We see two American educators, Charlotte Hawkins Brown () and Alice Freeman Palmer ().

In this series, History , we'll explore some of the topics and questions we frequently discuss at the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum.

Brown, of African descent, is wearing a dark dress with white pearls, a corsage, and earrings. She stands near a rather bright white, over-life-size bust of Palmer, who had been her mentor and patron. Both women are meticulously attired, and both were devoted to the cause of education.

As a young child, Brown moved from her birthplace in Hend