Tag: blois hundley
Black cook fired by T.C. Williams could replace him as high...
By Jim McElhatton
On Valentine’s Day 1962, Alexandria’s school board waded through dozens of proposed names for its new high school that included U.S. presidents,...
The day two sisters proved T.C. Williams wrong
By Jim McElhatton
Sixty years ago next week, the namesake of Alexandria’s only public high school – former superintendent Thomas Chambliss “T.C.” Williams – appeared...
Letter to the editor: A story of triumph over injustice
To the editor:
I greatly appreciate your March 22 front-page article on Blois Hundley, “A school cook’s forgotten civil rights stand.” It provides valuable education...
Letter to the editor: Actions of T.C. Williams were reprehensible
To the editor:
Dino Drudi argues in his letter, “High school should keep the name T.C. Williams,” in the March 29 Alexandria Times that city...
Letter to the Editor: High school should keep the name T.C....
To the editor:
I appreciate your editorial’s suggestion (“Should Alexandria's high school bear the name T.C. Williams?”) to change the name of Alexandria’s high school...
Our View: What’s in a name?
Last week’s Alexandria Times contained a front page story about a courageous black woman named Blois Hundley, who in 1958 was fired from her...
A school cook’s forgotten civil rights stand
By Jim McElhatton
In the fall of 1958, longtime Alexandria schools superintendent Thomas Chambliss “T.C.” Williams took the unusual step of firing a black school...
