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Back to EpisodesKalamazoo College & Flint's Lois Holt | Apr 22
Season 1
Episode 1510
Published 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Description
On this day in 1933: The Territory of Michigan chartered its first school of higher learning, initially named the Michigan and Huron Institute, now Kalamazoo College. It remains one of the 100 oldest colleges in America. On this day in 2017: Flint, Michigan lost Lois E. Holt, the first Black school teacher in Flint, who passed away at 101. Holt supported African visitors and mortgaged her home to charter a plane for Flint residents to attend the Montgomery Alabama demonstrations in 1957.