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Brown’s delivered white-collar education
By Bill Kemp. Published on November 29, 2008.
Business colleges played an important but often-overlooked role in American education. For the better part of a half-century, Brown’s B...
Bloomington’s Oakland School a modernist architectural gem
By Bill Kemp. Published on June 25, 2013.
The post-World War II era marked a dramatic evolution—if not revolution—in the design of school buildings. In Bloomington...
Back to school 1946 meant return to normalcy
By Bill Kemp. Published on August 27, 2017.
The start of 1946-1947 school year, coming as it did a full year after the end of World War II, was a sign of the nation’s halting retu...
ISNU welcomed veterans after WWII
By Bill Kemp. Published on October 22, 2017.
After World War II, Illinois State Normal University put out the welcome mat for returning soldiers and sailors looking to reintegrate ...
Bloomington schools integrated decade after Civil War
By Bill Kemp. Published on February 10, 2019.
Although racially segregated schools are associated with the “Jim Crow” Deep South and the Civil Rights Movement, northern communities ...
‘Pop’ Horton organized campus circus fraternity in 1929
By Bill Kemp. Published on April 14, 2019.
Today marks the 38th anniversary of the death of Dr. Clifford E. Horton, one of the titans of Illinois State University athletics. Toda...
ISU held racially segregated spring dances in the 1930s and ’40s
By Bill Kemp. Published on April 28, 2019.
The racial climate throughout the United States deteriorated steadily in the first quarter of the 20th century. During this period, Jim...