This illustration depicts the main building of Tuskegee Normal School at the time of its

Courtesy of the A. S. Williams III Americana Collection. The University of Alabama Libraries.

Tuskegee State Normal School

This illustration depicts the main building of Tuskegee Normal School at the time of its founding in 1881. What is now Tuskegee University was originally established to provide teacher training for African Americans in Macon County.