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William Hooper Councill (July 12, 1848 – 1909) was a former slave and the first president of Huntsville Normal School, which is today Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University in Normal, Alabama.
William Hooper Councill (1849-1909) was an educator, lawyer, minister, newspaper editor, politician, and author. He is most notable for being the founder, president, and first principal of Huntsville Normal School.
1. Juni 2008 · William Hooper Councill, educator and race leader, was born into slavery in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on July 12, 1849. His parents were both slaves on the Councill plantation. When William was five, his father escaped to Canada and tried unsuccessfully to obtain freedom for his family.
21. Feb. 2020 · Buried on AAMU’s campus, William Hooper Councill is not only known for his role as an educator, but as a minister. In 1885, Councill founded Huntsville’s St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church.
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William Hooper Councill, educator and race leader, was born into slavery in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on July 12, 1849. His parents were both slaves on the Councill plantation. When William was five, his father escaped to Canada and tried unsuccessfully to obtain freedom for his family.
William Hooper Councill. Teacher and schoolmaster William Hooper Councill won approval for his plan for the Huntsville State Normal School for Negroes, established by an act of the Alabama State Legislature in 1875.
Educator William Hooper Councill (1848-1909) was the first president of what is now Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, Madison County. Prior to his presidency he had founded the Lincoln School, also in Huntsville, and he later started a newspaper, founded a Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, and wrote several books.
