001493569 001__ 1493569 001493569 005__ 20240916080322.0 001493569 02480 $$aMSS 229-150 001493569 037__ $$aDA 001493569 041__ $$aeng 001493569 245__ $$aThelma Newton Rochelle's birthday party in Evansville, Indiana 001493569 260__ $$bUniversity of Southern Indiana$$cAugust 23, 1957 001493569 269__ $$a1957 001493569 520__ $$aGroup of people at Thelma Rochelle's birthday party. She is not in this photograph, but her husband, Dr. Charles E. Rochelle, is believed to be the man in the doorway. Dr. Charles E. Rochelle served as a private in the U.S. Army in World War I. After the war, he became the first African-American to receive a doctorate in education from the University of California-Berkeley. Dr. Rochelle was a social studies teacher and then principal of Lincoln High School in Evansville, IN, retiring in 1962. He served as a member of Liberty Baptist, Cawthar Shrine Temple, Deaconess Hospital Foundation Board, and was a 33rd Degree Mason. 001493569 542__ $$fhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/ 001493569 6531_ $$aLocal History 001493569 6531_ $$aAfrican American Community 001493569 6531_ $$aPeople and Communities 001493569 6531_ $$aPhotographs 001493569 6531_ $$aRegional History 001493569 6531_ $$aRelated Materials -- 1951-2000 001493569 655__ $$aColor Photograph 001493569 691__ $$aIndiana 001493569 7001_ $$aCharles E. Rochelle 001493569 8564_ $$9f29818cc-1461-44f5-97ae-a9510fd6ced2$$s1171096$$uhttps://library.usi.edu/record/1493569/files/2064.jpg 001493569 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1493569$$pGLOBAL_SET 001493569 914__ $$aAfrican 001493569 980__ $$aEvansville African American Community Collection 001493569 984__ $$aCharles E. Rochelle Collection 001493569 985__ $$aImage