Myron B. Pitts: Speaker at FSU recounts Lafayette's stance against slavery
A curator of items related to the Marquis de Lafayette reminded us on Tuesday that our city’s namesake was not only a hero of the American revolution, but a fierce opponent of slavery.“He was a wonderful advocate for humanity, in so many ways,” said Diane Windham Shaw, director of special collections and archives at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.She spoke to a group of Fayetteville State University students and members of the local Lafayette […]
