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William Hooper Councill: Pioneer Educator, Lawyer & Newspaper Editor

William Hooper Councill was an educator, lawyer, minister, politician, and newspaper editor. He is most recognized for being the founder, president of Huntsville Normal School in Alabama. The school was the state's first historically black college or university (HBCU) in Huntsville, Alabama. Councill was born on July 12, 1849, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, to enslaved […]

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