Honorary Degree from Wilberforce University awarded to James A. Parsons Jr.

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An honorary doctorate degree from Wilberforce University awarded to James Albert Parsons on June 12, 1941. Printed in black ink on off-white paper, the certificate confers the "honorary degree of Doctor of Science". It has the seal of Wilberforce University printed in black in the front, lower left corner. It was signed at lower right by Wilberforce University’s President D. Ormande Walker, President of the Board of Trustees Reverdy C. Ransom, and Secretary of the Board of Trustees George H. Valentine. There is an inscription in pencil on the back of the diploma [1/2 BIK / 22507].

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