| Location: | Jacksonville, Florida, Macon, Georgia |
| Former Names: | Walker's Commercial and Vocational College, Walker Business College for Colored, Walker's Business College |
| Schooltype: | business school, vocational school |
| Established: | c. 1916 |
| Founders: | Richard Wendell Walker, Julia Walker Brown |
| Closed: | c. 1967 |
Walker Business College, also known as Walker Business College for Colored,[1] and Walker's Commercial and Vocational College,[2] was a former business school and vocational school specifically for African Americans which was founded c. 1916 and closed c. 1967,[3] and located in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, and later Macon, Georgia.[4] The school advertised as, "the largest colored business college in the United States".
Richard Wendell Walker was the co-founder and served as the school's first president. Richard Wendell Walker was from Kansas and he had attended Fairmont University in Wichita, and Topeka Business College in Topeka, Kansas.[5] Julia Brown Walker, the spouse of Richard Wendell Walker, was a co-founder and also served as a secretary and president of the school.[6] [7] Former NAACP president and civil rights activist, Johnnie H. Goodson taught tailoring classes at the school.[8]
Walker Business College offered both day and night classes. The courses at Walker Business College included secretarial training, office machines, bookkeeping, accounting, and insurance. The school also had a trade division and offered courses in upholstering, tailoring, dressmaking, and radio and television.
The college was located at 417-Y2 Broad Street, and later moved to 9th Street and Myrtle Avenue in Jacksonville. It later moved to 319 Broad Street, Jacksonville. In 1929, the school opened a second location in Macon, Georgia.
The Florida State Archives includes a photograph of students at the Walker Business College.