Virginia Union University

Fayetteville State and Johnson C. Smith.

And shout-out to Bluefield State and Virginia Union.

It's going down this weekend.

If I missed your HBCU, I got mad love for you.

In reality, he was at that time lacking in conviction, and in after life he became a thorough Unionist and abolitionist.

In the summer of 1861, Governor Jackson of Missouri called for 50,000 volunteers to drive out the Union forces.

While visiting in the small town where his boyhood had been spent, Hannibal, Marion County, young Clemens and some of his friends met together in a secret place one night and formed themselves into a military company.

The spirited but untrained Tom Lyman was made captain, and in lieu of a first lieutenant, strange omission, young Clemens was made second lieutenant.

His joy in the prospect of that trip, the exciting details of the long journey, are all narrated with gusto and fine effect.

In the unique sinecure of the office of private secretary, he found he had nothing to do and no salary.

So after a short time, the fear of being recognized by Union soldiers and shot for breaking his parole still haunting him, he and a companion went off together on a fishing jaunt to Lake Tahoe.

Everywhere he saw fortunes made in a moment.

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In this episode, a recording of a paper by Raymond Hilton from Virginia Union University entitled "The Portarlington Anomaly: The French Midlands Enclave and its Inventors."

Of all the many immigrant concentrations that have sprung up in different parts of Ireland, none has generated the fascination and mystery equal to the town of Portarlington.

This Midlands Huguenot enclave is an anomaly which is still poorly understood by many, despite years of scholarly research.

Sports.

birthdays coming first as we open up the on this date file we've got some pretty good sports birthdays today randy johnson the big unit hall of fame pitcher 10-time all-star five-time cy young award winner 63 years old today ben wallace man what a bruiser in the nba played at virginia union down in richmond spent most of his time with the pistons he's 52 years old today coop it's joy vato's birthday do you know that Joey Votto's having a birthday today.

NL MVP in 2010.

Six-time All-Star, 43 years old.

Queens was immediately relevant in Division II and awesome.

Their first loss in NCAA tournament was to Ben Wallace and Virginia Union.

in the second round of the NCAA tournament, but how special it was early in the, in the, in those days for them to get that far.

And Bart Lundy was a young assistant for Dale and Dale leaves to go to Colorado state to work for Richie McKay.

I don't think I do.

Virginia Union.

Oh.

Went undrafted in 1996.

remember Charles Oakley? Yeah.

Jordan's enforcer.

Virginia Union.

Virginia Union as well,