Dr. Joseph Alexander Cunningham
Dr. Joseph Alexander Cunningham (far right middle row) with his teammates on the 1903-1904 Manchester Collage Basketball team.
He and his sister Martha Mattie Cunningham Dolby were the first Black students to enroll in and graduate from Manchester College.
http://www.nmanchesterhistory.org/schools-cunningham.htmlHe was active in the Lincoln Society, one of the literary societies at the time, and his interests leaned toward the sciences.
He continued his education and became a medical doctor
He married Blanche Cunningham and had 4 children
