In late June 1919, a young Army lieutenant from Camden, Alabama witnessed the signing of the agreement that ended World War I, an agreement he had helped draft as a member of the American Commission to Negotiate the Peace.
When he eventually made it back to the United States – after nearly causing the State…
In this edition of his column, Dr. Marty Olliff delves into the history of one of the men who helped TROY come into existence.
Feb. 26, 2021, marks the 134th anniversary of Troy University’s original predecessor, the State Normal School at Troy. This didn’t happen with a simple petition, as Troy’s former president Edward Shackelford notes in his 1937 history, The First Fifty Years of the State Teachers College at Troy, Alabama, but with lobbying committees and an enabling…
Theo Moore is using his short-film production company to examine the often-overlooked contributions of Black Americans throughout U.S. history.
Throughout history and in the classroom, the role and contributions of African Americans in textbook history courses can be overlooked. Archives are harder to find, lineage is harder to trace and achievements go unnoticed.
Troy University graduate Theo Moore started his short film production company, Hiztorical Vision Productions, as a solution to this problem.
Moore…
The book by Dr. Allen Jones focuses on a misunderstood medieval figure, Gregory of Tours.
After years of work and decades of research, Dr. Allen Jones has a new book on the shelves that features cover art from a Troy University colleague.
“Death and Afterlife in the Pages of Gregory of Tours” is the second book authored by Jones, Chair of the History and Philosophy Department at TROY, and sheds…
