“From slavery, from his family being separated, to his escaping behind union lines to be free, the poverty he endured, the education he availed himself of he was the sum total of all of these ...

His name is William Hooper Councill. Born in 1848 on a plantation in North Carolina, Councill was soon brought to Alabama to be sold as a slave, where he would work the fields and carry out other ...

A statue of William Hooper Council now stands over the park bearing his name.

MADISON COUNTY, Ala. – William Hooper Councill was born a slave in Fayetteville, North Carolina, but in his lifetime Councill became a teacher, a politician, an author, and the father of Alab… ...

Councill was a former slave who founded Alabama A&M University in 1867. Back then it was known as William Hooper Council High School, the first public school for African Americans in Huntsville.

HOOPER, William Robert William Robert Hooper, 74, of Avon, beloved husband of Mary Ellen (Picard) Hooper, passed away Monday (October 6, 2008). Born in Holyoke, MA on April 18, 1934 to the late ...

Double rows of big windows are the first thing visitors notice about Huntsville's William Hooper Council High School. This is how all American schools used to look: multistory brick rectangles ...

HOOPER, WILLIAM F. “BILL” HTCS USN Retired William F. “Bill” Hooper graciously passed away on Sunday, January 22, 2012 with his wife at his side. On many occasions Bill was … ...

Worth Hooper, one of the oldest Hooper descendants still alive, said his father, John D. Hooper, paid the taxes and the family did the same in following years.

Janesville, WI - William "Bill" R. Hooper Sr., age 78, of Janesville, passed away on Friday March 14, 2025, at Mercy Hospital, surrounded by his family. He was born on November 14, 1946, at Beloit ...

William Hooper Councill’s two older brothers were sold, and he never saw them again. He, his mother and his younger brother, Cicero, were sold in a Richmond, Virginia, slave market.

HOOPER, William Robert William Robert Hooper, 74, of Avon, beloved husband of Mary Ellen (Picard) Hooper, passed away Monday (October 6, 2008). Born in Holyoke, MA on April 18, 1934 to the late Wil… ...