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Tuskegee University Vet School decries ‘false accusations’

Elizabeth Patton September 17, 2018

In a story published earlier this month, Alabama Today covered the concerns of Stop Pound Seizure In Alabama, a Facebook group dedicated to change pound seizure laws. The article was in response to a recent effort by the group to bring attention to and stop pound seizures from the Russell County-Phenix City Animal Shelter to Tuskegee University. The University is now pushing back to get their side of the story out to the public. This is not the first time the University has responded to the accusations surrounding their practices. In March of this year they released a detailed statement addressing the public’s concerns. Among the claims animal activists have made is

Animal activists fight what they call ‘inhumane practices’ by local animal shelters working with Tuskegee University

Staff Writer September 4, 2018

An Alabama Facebook group is creating waves in the animal rights community. Their main focus: stopping pound seizures from the Russell County-Phenix City Animal Shelter to Tuskegee University. According to the American Anti-Vivisection Society, pound seizure is the “sale or release of dogs and cats from a pound or shelter to a research, testing, or educational facility.” “Beginning in the 1940s, many state laws were passed that required pounds and shelters to release dogs and cats to research laboratories. Though these pound seizure laws were enacted in the 1940s and 1950s, some of them still exist today,” the group says. The Humane Society of the United States shows that Alabama is one

Tuskegee University names Lily McNair president, first female in 136-year history

Elizabeth Patton May 8, 2018

The Tuskegee University on Tuesday named its first female president in the university’s 136-year history. The Tuskegee University Board of Trustees voted unanimously to name Dr. Lily D. McNair — the current provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Wagner College in New York City — as its eighth president. “When we launched our presidential search last October, our goal was to identify someone who could champion both Tuskegee’s historic legacy and her place in the future of higher education,” said John E. Page, chair of Tuskegee’s Board of Trustees. “Our Board of Trustees is confident that Dr. McNair brings to Tuskegee the precise skill set required

Search for Tuskegee University president down to 2

Associated Press April 30, 2018

The search for a new president of Tuskegee University is down to two people. The historically black school in east Alabama says Lilly McNair and Jack Thomas are the remaining two finalists to replace Brian Johnson, who was fired last year. McNair is the provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Wagner College on New York’s Staten Island. She’s a clinical psychologist by training with a doctorate from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Thomas is president of Western Illinois University. He studied English as an undergraduate at Alabama A&M University and earned a doctorate from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Charlotte Morris has

Smithsonian museum partners with Tuskegee University

Associated Press February 26, 2016

The Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture will collaborate with the Tuskegee University Archives to preserve and share significant parts of the nation’s Civil Rights Era with the world. A news release from Tuskegee University says the museum is scheduled to open Sept. 24. The Tuskegee University Archives has a Memorandum of Understanding with the museum that will support several projects, including digitization of materials, lectures and education workshops. For the first phase of the MOU, the museum has given $25,000 to the university to preserve the legacy of Amelia Boynton Robinson, best known as the beaten woman in the iconic photo of the

Michelle Obama addresses Tuskegee University graduates

Associated Press May 9, 2015

Michelle Obama on Saturday invoked the storied history of Tuskegee University as she urged new graduates to soar to their futures, saying the past provides a blueprint for a country still struggling with the “age-old problems” of discrimination and race. The first lady gave the commencement address at the historically black university in Alabama. Obama described how the Tuskegee Airmen, the famed first African-American pilots of World War II, endured humiliating slights as they shattered racial stereotypes about the capabilities of black men and how the university’s students in the 1800’s made bricks by hand to construct campus buildings so future generations could study there. “Generation after generation,

Michelle Obama to speak at Tuskegee University

Apryl Marie Fogel May 9, 2015

Michelle Obama is visiting Alabama to give the commencement address at Tuskegee University. The first lady will speak Saturday morning to about 500 graduates at the historically black university. Obama will become the second first lady to visit the private school. Eleanor Roosevelt was the first in 1941, when she flew with a black Army pilot to show support for the famed Tuskegee Airmen. The Tuskegee commencement is one of three graduation ceremonies Obama will speak at this year. She will also deliver remarks at Oberlin College and a high school in her hometown of Chicago. The first lady last visited Alabama in March. She accompanied President Barack

Auto supplier Samkee Corp to build first U.S. manufacturing plant in Tuskegee

Brandon Moseley February 14, 2023

On Friday, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey announced that Samkee Corp., a major South Korean automotive supplier, plans to invest $128 million to open its first U.S. factory in Alabama through a project that will create 170 jobs in Tuskegee and provide an economic boost for Macon County. “Alabama’s auto industry is filled with world-class manufacturing companies from around the world, and Samkee will fit right in with that group,” said Gov. Ivey. “We’re proud that the company selected Alabama for its first U.S. production center and look forward to seeing it grow and thrive in the coming years.” After finalizing agreements with state and local authorities, Samkee Corp. is poised to

Ruling paves the way to remove Tuskegee Confederate statue

Associated Press January 30, 2023

An Alabama judge has paved the way for officials to remove a Confederate monument placed a century ago at the center of a historic, majority-Black city as part of a “park for white people.” Since 1909, the Confederate monument has stood in the center of Tuskegee, a city famous for Tuskegee University and known as the training ground for Black pilots in World War II. The city’s population is now more than 93% Black. The monument has been a target of recent protests and vandalism attempts. The Macon County Commission filed a lawsuit to regain control of the land, which is the first step toward removing the statue.

Celebrated Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee dies at 102

Associated Press January 18, 2022

Charles McGee, a Tuskegee Airman who flew 409 fighter combat missions over three wars and later helped to bring attention to the Black pilots who had battled racism at home to fight for freedom abroad, died Sunday. He was 102. McGee died in his sleep at his home in Bethesda, Maryland, said his son, Ron McGee. After the U.S. entry into World War II, McGee left the University of Illinois to join an experimental program for Black soldiers seeking to train as pilots after the Army Air Corps was forced to admit African Americans. In October 1942, he was sent to the Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama

Confederate group opposing suit over Tuskegee monument site

Associated Press December 1, 2021

A Confederate heritage group will fight an Alabama county’s lawsuit that could lead to the removal of a rebel monument in the heart of nearly all-Black Tuskegee, the group’s lawyer said Tuesday. While Macon County has asked a court to give it the deed to a downtown square where the memorial has stood for 115 years — potentially a key first step toward taking down the statue — the United Daughters of the Confederacy owns the square legally and wants the monument to remain, said Jay Hinton, an attorney for the group, in its first public response to the court fight. “All of those members have ancestors who are honored

Confederate monument damaged but still stands in Tuskegee

Associated Press July 8, 2021

A council member using a saw cut into a 115-year-old Confederate memorial at the center of historic Tuskegee on Wednesday but failed to topple it, marking the latest move in a push to remove the contentious monument from the nearly all-Black Alabama town. Johnny Ford, a former mayor whose City Council district includes the park where the monument is located, said he took action because constituents voted in a public meeting last week in favor of removing the rebel memorial, which has been the subject of complaints and a target for vandals on and off for years. Using a lift to reach the statue of a Confederate soldier atop a

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