United Airlines, initially founded as an air mail service, added a great deal of passenger service after World War II. For many years, United did not operate outside the United States, and therefore sought to take advantage of growing leisure…
Washington and Lee University students in the Forensic Union debated whether or not to have a student-financed fund to provide scholarships for black students. The scholarships would encourage qualified minority students to apply and attend the…
In 1966, there was not a question as to whether African Americans should be enrolled at Washington and Lee University, but yet the question was how to make this possible. In a Forensic Union debate, three speakers spoke to support a student-financed…
In 1966, two African American students were accepted to Washington and Lee University for the first time in history. Leslie D. Smith Jr. was enrolled as a freshman law student, and Dennis Alan Haston as a first year undergraduate. This announcement…