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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.
Learn about the life and achievements of William Hooper Councill, the founder and first president of Alabama Agricultural & Mechanical University (AAMU), the state's first historically black land-grant college. Explore his contributions to education, politics, journalism, and civil rights in Alabama.
28. März 2022 · 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.
- Thedis Bryant
- 2016
1. Juni 2008 · Learn about the life and achievements of William Hooper Councill, a former slave who became a teacher, principal, publisher, and author. He founded the State Colored Normal School in Alabama and challenged racial discrimination on trains.
A CEA Critic article that analyzes Councill's 1887 manual for Black workers in Alabama. It argues that Councill used coded language and trickster methodology to appeal to white paternalism and Black empowerment.
21. Feb. 2020 · Updated: Feb. 20, 2020 at 5:47 PM PST. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - You’ve heard of Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglass and W.E.B. Du Bois, but there’s another man who deserves to be on that high-profile list of individuals who paved the way for civil rights. His name is William Hooper Councill.
12. Apr. 2017 · In the public letter below written on November 28, 1901, Councill outlines his views regarding the recently passed Alabama Constitution which effectively denied the vote to its African American citizens. Couched in the language of deference, Councill, nonetheless, protests the new level of denial of rights to blacks in the state and ...
