History Program @UNCFSU (2nd oldest campus in @UNC_System). What history majors do; history, local and global; humanities at #HBCUs#FayState#BroncoPride
4 years before Rosa Parks ignited the Montgomery Bus boycott by refusing to give up her seat in Alabama, there was PFC Sarah Keys from the Keyesville neighborhood of Washington, NC, who when traveling from Fort Dix in NJ back home to Washington, NC on August 1, 1951, was told to relinquish her seat to a white Marine and move to the back of the bus.
Keys refused to move, thus the driver emptied the bus, directed the other passengers to another vehicle, and barred Keys from boarding it.
When Keys asked why she shouldn’t ride the bus, she was arrested and spent 13 hours in a cell.
Keys was eventually ordered to pay a $25 fine for disorderly conduct, was released, and put on a bus to her hometown. Her case was brought before the Interstate Commerce Commission with Dovey Johnson Roundtree as her lawyer and wasn’t settled until 1955.
In Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company, the ICC favored Keys, ruling the Interstate Commerce Act forbids segregation.
Hard to exaggerate how bad the effective disappearance of historians from the great public land grant universities will be for public knowledge of history.
I’ll be shortly discussing with my colleagues whether to migrate this social media site for the Fayetteville State University history program. Stay tuned.
Broncos! It's time for our annual #LafayetteLecture! This year we'll be hearing from Dr. William Link about Fayetteville-born educator and reformer Frank Porter Graham.
Happening on Monday on Zoom!
Register at https://t.co/4t11XcRUOO
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It’s not too late to sign up for spring classes at Fayetteville State University. History classes on offer this semester include courses on the history of alcohol, pirates, European integration, and more…
I wrote this teaching reflection for @AgeofRevs just before I taught the African American History survey for the 4th time. The 9th time starts tomorrow. #TeachingRevolutions#BlackHistory
https://t.co/PiehxvijqW
In June 1718, a fleet of 4 pirate vessels, under the overall command of the notorious Blackbeard, attempted to sail into Topsail Inlet (now Beaufort Inlet). The flagship, Queen Anne’s Revenge, ran aground on a sand-bar, on the shoals outside the inlet. 1/2
My history of alcohol class will soon be featured in FSU‘s fermentation science certification program.. history 382 should be in the catalog next year along with a number of new chemistry courses in fermentation science
We’re back today at FSU for the spring 2021 semester. Many professors like me are working remotely, but a big welcome back to all the students, faculty and staff