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Franco formally signed his name to the newly adopted document Wednesday, along those of his colleagues. The towns of Pittsford, Pittsfield, Franklin, Brandon, Waterbury, Middlebury and the village of Woodstock have similarly embraced the declaration, according to Al Wakefield, one of the members of a group promoting greater adoption of the Declaration of Inclusion. “Our vision is that the Declaration of Inclusion is really a challenge to move Rutland forward, to embrace and promote change, to put in motion plans and strategies which could be the model for what the future looks like — as o...

Sculpture honors 1st Black president of U.S. College Sculpture honors 1st Black president of U.S. College The first Black president of an American college is being honored with a sculpture installed in the Vermont city where … A sculpture of Martin Henry Freeman, the first Black college president in the United States, is on display on the sculpture trail in downtown Rutland, Vt., where he was born in 1826. Mr. Freeman, an 1849 graduate of Middlebury College, became president in 1856 of Allegheny Institute, which later became Avery College, in Pittsburgh. Photo by Lisa Rathke/Associated...

The first Black president of an American college is being honored with a sculpture installed in the Vermont city where he was born in 1826. The larger-than-life marble bust of scholar Martin Henry Freeman sits on a stack of books in a downtown square as part of the Rutland Sculpture Trail. “It’s a very soft, gentle portrayal of Martin Freeman,” said Al Wakefield, one of the sponsors of the piece that was installed in November. “I don’t know how many people remember either through historical writings what kind of person he was, but he’s depicted as a very gentle, ...

First Black president of U.S. college honored with bust Storm Gifford Martin Henry Freeman, who made history as the first African-American president of a U.S. college, has been immortalized in sculpture. Born in 1826, Freeman was just 30 years old when he became president of the all-Black Allegheny Institute and Mission Church in western Pennsylvania, which would later be known as Avery College, reported The Associated Press on Friday. On Friday, Freeman’s birth city of Rutland, Vt., announced that a large marble bust of the scholar was now a permanent attraction on the Rutl...

RUTLAND, VERMONT - The first Black president of an American college is being honored with a sculpture installed in the Vermont