Throughout Fort Jackson's 100-year history there have been a series of events that have transformed the post into the premier training installation in the Army. Included in these is the desegregation ...
In the Jim Crow South, integration was not easy, even for one of the most progressive educational institutions in the United States at the time – Black Mountain College. The college, founded in 1933 ...
BRATTLEBORO — In June 1956, Eleanor Roosevelt traveled from Hyde Park, New York to Putney, Vermont in order to give the commencement address for the Putney School. Mrs. Roosevelt wrote in her daily ...
Recently, I met Rachael Colby as I was asked to give her a tour of Oak Ridge history. In our communication prior to the tour, she mentioned being the daughter-in-law of the Rev. Roy D. Colby Sr., who ...