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W.H. Council founded Alabama A&M University

March 2, 2025

By Dannie Gore, Sr. W.H. Council was born in Fayetteville, NC, in 1848. When he’s was nine years old, he was carried by slave traders to Alabama, where he worked in the cotton fields until set free as a result of the Civil War. He attended one of the first schools opened by Northern teachers […]

An Unheralded Military Hero, Charles Young

November 20, 2023

By Dannie Gore Sr. Charles Young was the most highly decorated African American military officer of his time: The first African American national park superintendent The third black graduate of West Point The first African American officer to command a regular army regiment The first black U.S. military attaché A professor at Wilberforce University and […]

Systemic Racism in Schools

January 18, 2022

By Amira, Class of 2021 Within the last couple of years Critical Race Theory, a theory that calls for the awareness of systemic racism and pushes for racial equity, has sparked conversations in private schools. In the wake of the public lynching of George Floyd, New York City private schools began adjusting their […]