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Auburn University to rename two dorm buildings after African American female alumni leaders
Tiger Hall and Eagle Hall will now be named after two African American alumni women
Auburn University to rename two dorm buildings after African American female alumni leaders By Caroline Linch | February 10, 2021 at 10:13 PM EST - Updated February 11 at 12:31 AM
AUBURN, Ala. (WTVM) - Auburn University is taking several steps to increase the presence of diverse trailblazers and celebrating their impact at the school.
The Auburn Board of Trustees recently announced that two honors dormitories - Eagle Hall and Tiger Hall- will be renamed after Auburnâs first African American graduate and faculty member, Dr. Josetta Brittain Matthews, as well as the Universityâs first African American Board of Trustee member, Bessie Mae Holloway.
Auburn has come a long way since 1964 integration, but realizes more must be done
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Amy Weaver | Office of Communications and Marketing As Auburn celebrates Black History Month, the university takes a look back at the trailblazer, Harold A. Franklin, who moved the institution forward through integration and propelled it toward needed change that continues to this day.
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The 1960s was one of the most turbulent decades in American history. There was the Summer of Love, Woodstock and the moon landing, but three prominent men were assassinated and violence erupted in cities such as Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, as well as Montgomery, Birmingham and Selma, Alabama.
Auburn University renaming 2 residence halls to honor Black Alabama women AL.com 2/9/2021 Tandra Smith, al.com
Two of Auburn’s residence halls will soon be renamed in honor of two Black women from Alabama.
Both Tiger Hall and Eagle Hall will bear Bessie Mae Holloway’s and Josetta Brittain Matthews’ names respectively, according to a release from Auburn University. The announcement comes after a Feb. 5 Board of Trustees’ meeting.
Holloway was from Prichard and spent more than 25 years being a teacher and instructional specialist in the Mobile County Public School System. Holloway was the first Black person to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees, according to the release.