Author: Leith Johnson

[caption id="attachment_9643" align="alignright" width="1000"] Among those greeting Louis Armstrong (center) at the Downey House reception, following his 1958 concert on campus are Robert Kirkpatrick ’60 (in doorway), al…

[caption id="attachment_9391" align="alignnone" width="1039"] Courtesy of Wesleyan University Special Collections & Archives[/caption] In 1914, The Great War—known later as World War I—broke out in Europe. As Unit…

The College of Letters annual report for 1968–69 notes that Edgar Beckham taught COL 370: The Literature of Black Experience: “It was the first course in black studies offered by a black instructor.“ …

[caption id="attachment_9063" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Pictured: Willie Kerr and his classic Packard in 1974. Photo courtesy of the University Archives.[/caption] Clarence Williams “Willie” Kerr was…

[caption id="attachment_1798" align="alignleft" width="360"] Radio station WES Operations Manager Bob Stuart ’42 in a photograph from the 1940 Olla Podrida. Photo: Special Collections & Archives.[/caption] When soph…

During the night of March 1, 1906, North College went up in flames. “No more will the sound of the paddle reverberate through the halls of Old N.C.,” wrote freshman Eric McCoy North, class of 1909, to his mother thr…