by D.G. Martin | Dec 28, 2021 | Davidson History, Local, News, Sports, Top Middle Box
Search for: SPORTS A Davidson Basketball Team First Stunned Alabama 60 Years Ago Last week’s amazing win by the Davidson basketball team over nationally ranked Alabama brought back memories of the first time Davidson played Alabama in basketball. I thought...
by Nancy Griffith | Dec 23, 2021 | Bottom Middle Box, Davidson History, Local, News
Search for: NEWS The Holiday Season a Century Ago During the early 1920s, America was recovering from hard times. World War I had just ended, as had the Spanish flu epidemic. The economy seemed to be coming back, fashions were changing, and there were many new daily...
by Nancy Griffith | Dec 8, 2021 | Davidson History, News, Top Left Box
Search for: NEWS A Tradition of Black Barbershops in Davidson, Part III The Editors wish to express special thanks to Nancy Griffith, our Davidson History columnist, who undertook extensive research and writing to bring an important three-part series about the...
by Nancy Griffith | Nov 18, 2021 | Bottom Middle Box, Davidson History, News
Search for: NEWS Black Barbershops: A Davidson Tradition, Part II, The Nortons Most longtime Davidson residents remember Norton’s Barbershop, most recently owned by Ken Norton. Ken, however, was not the first barber in the family. This distinction goes to his uncle,...
by Nancy Griffith | Oct 12, 2021 | Davidson History, News, Top Left Box
Search for: NEWS Black Barber Shops: A Davidson Tradition Editors’ Note: This article uses verbatim language from a bygone era, language that would not be appropriate today. It is used in an illustrative manner to tell this important historical aspect of...
by Nancy Griffith | Sep 20, 2021 | Bottom Middle Box, Davidson History, Local, News, Stories from Davidson College
Search for: NEWS Davidson College in the Late ’20s An interesting digital document in the Davidson College Archives is the scrapbook of Aubrey Brown of Mineral Springs, Texas, who graduated in 1929. The following excerpts from his letters describe life at the...
