Tag: segregation
Corrected Through their eyes: A look back at the segregated Johnson...
By Mark Eaton | [email protected]
Alexandria opened the Johnson Memorial Pool in 1952 at what was then the corner of First and North Payne Streets...
Ethical Reflections: Telling the story of a complex past
By Rev. Ian Markham
One crucial debate that hovers over American public life is the challenge of telling our story that recognizes the complexity of...
Filling in the Blanks with Dr. Gregory Hutchings, Ed.D.: We must...
Summer is a time for travel and exploration, so my family and I recently engaged in quality family time to follow the civil rights...
Filling in the Blanks with Dr. Gregory Hutchings Ed.D.: Implementing equitable...
I recently shared my vision for Alexandria City Public Schools with the Alexandria community. It is perhaps fitting that thanks to last week’s snow,...
Your Views: New name needed for T.C. Williams High School
To the editor:
I’ve enjoyed your series on civil rights in Alexandria. It made me sad, however, that the high school continues to carry the...
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...
My View: I was there when James Lomax broke the color...
By Philip Brinkman
Your recent feature article about James Lomax, “The homeless man who made civil rights history,” brought back memories of Alexandria during those...
The homeless man who made Alexandria civil rights history
By Jim McElhatton | Email Jim
For years, James Lomax spent his afternoons on the same curb across from an Old Town church that serves...
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...
