What the Green Book was really all about

The Green Book was an important part of the lives of thousands of American motorists for almost decade, as Citadel historian and African American studies expert Professor Damon Fordham explains.

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Can you pass The Citadel’s entrance exam from 1882?

In the fall of 1882, one hundred eighty-nine cadets reported to The Citadel for the first time in seventeen years. Before they were offered admission to the South Carolina Military

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The Citadel’s Mark Clark Chair to provide lecture Oct. 30

One of the U.S. Marine Corps’ greatest historians, Lt. Col. Charles P. Neimeyer, UMSC (Ret.), Ph.D., is The Citadel’s 2018 Mark Clark Chair.

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Students live, learn, and intern in Washington, DC

The Citadel in DC is a summer program where students live, learn, and intern using Washington, DC as an active classroom. Students earn nine credit hours–six hours for their internship, and three for a visual and intelligence course.

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A history professor and a Class of 1990 alumnus represent Citadel at U.S. Army War College

A Citadel historian and author and a Citadel Class of 1990 alumnus attended the U.S. Army War College’s Commandant’s National Security Program.

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Citadel history professor compiles book documenting Charleston during the Great Depression

A Citadel history professor has turned a class project into a new book of documents about the Great Depression in Charleston.

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Citadel prof, author, to lecture at Fort Ligonier

Fort Ligonier will host author and Citadel professor David L. Preston for “The Military Education of George Washington in the Braddock Expedition.”

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Former Charleston mayor’s new course designed to help a “fractured America”

Citadel professor and former Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr., is teaching a new course for the spring semester called The Why and the How: The Making of the International African American Museum. Every class in the course is open to the public.

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Workers at One of America’s Most Sensitive Nuclear Facilities Are on Strike

The Savannah River Site, in South Carolina, is home to the radioactive fuel that powers hydrogen bombs, and right now, its workers are on strike.

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Citadel professor joins “dream team” of Revolutionary War historians in latest book

David Preston, Ph.D., an award-winning author and professor of history at The Citadel, can now add a third acclaimed book to his bibliography. Preston recently released his latest work, “Theaters of the American Revolution”.

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