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Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Ala., on Monday November 11, 2024. One person was killed during a mass shooting that happened on the campus early Sunday November 10, during homecoming weekend.
Large crowds were gathered at the university on Saturday night to celebrate Tuskegee’s 100th homecoming week. Social media video shows people ducking for cover at a parking lot as gunshots rang out.
Gunfire erupted on Tuskegee University's campus Sunday morning as the streets were filled with students, alumni and community members celebrating the school's 100th homecoming.
The university canceled classes on Monday, November 11, and announced grief counselors would be available to students. [3] The campus was closed after the shooting, with students and faculty having to wear their ID's while on campus. The university also fired the campus security chief and a new security chief will conduct a review of the ...
History class at Tuskegee, 1902. The school was founded on July 4, 1881, as the Tuskegee Normal School for Colored Teachers. This was a result of an agreement made during the 1880 elections in Macon County between a former Confederate Colonel, W.F. Foster, who was a candidate for re-election to the Alabama Senate, and a local black Leader, Lewis Adams. [9]
Harry Thaddeus Stewart Jr. (July 4, 1924 – February 2, 2025) was an officer in the United States Army Air Forces, a Distinguished Flying Cross recipient, and a fighter pilot who served in the 332nd Fighter Group, best known as the all-African American Tuskegee Airmen.
This image taken from video provided by WSFA shows law enforcement working at the scene of a shooting at Tuskegee University, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024, in Tuskegee, Ala. (WSFA via AP)
Brown became a professor at New York University and directed the NYU Institute of Afro-American Affairs (now the Institute of African American Affairs) in 1950. [10] Brown hosted The Soul of Reason , a radio talk show with interviewees which included politicians, professional athletes, medical professionals, and contemporary artists, which ...