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.
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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.
ATLANTA – Chief Justice Harold D. Melton Sunday extended for another month the statewide Judicial Emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The order he signed is the 11th he has
Jury trials scheduled in February for the Northeastern Judicial Circuit, which includes the Superior Courts of Hall and Dawson counties, have been postponed due to a sudden increase in positive COVID-19 cases.
Harold D. Melton, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, entered the order today to extend the current halt to jury proceedings, according to an email statement from the Northeastern Judicial Circuit.
Jury trials scheduled for the month of February in the Hall County State Court have also been cancelled.
“While we were prepared to resume, having worked with health and county officials to implement every possible preventative protocol, the current circumstances are of grave concern,” said Kathlene F. Gosselin, Chief Judge of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit. “Jury proceedings must and will return soon, but given the still-rising case numbers and the strains already placed on our local health system, the judges are in agreement the best course of action is to