The folklore surrounding the beginnings of the Day Law that forcibly segregated Berea College tells of Carl Day witnessing a farewell embrace of two Berea students at the…
Berea College’s founder, Rev. John G. Fee, was born into a wealthy slaveholding family in Bracken County, Ky. During his theological training at Lane Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio,…
Church and Community Shower Long Time Church Member with Flowers, Gifts and Felicitations.Berea Citizen newspaper; June 29, 1944 Miss Melissa Ballard, 79, sits in the front row of…
The Berea College Black Ensemble recorded its first album, “The Lord is Blessing Me,” in 1971. The cover art was created by Bruce Gray ‘73 to capture the…
Jessie Reasor Zander’s name appears along the campus sidewalk on one of many banners honoring notable Berea alumni. Say the name out loud on campus, and the likely…