"thesmithian:  [founder of FAMU Marching 100] William P. Foster, RIP  He enrolled at the University of Kansas ""to get a good education"" and  when segregation prevented him from  fully participating, Foster held  his ""head high"" and ""worked toward the next achievement,""  he told the Wichita Eagle in 2006 … After receiving his bachelor's degree in music education, he earned a  master's in 1950 from Wayne State University in Detroit and a doctorate  in 1955 from the Teachers College at Columbia University … He directed high school and college bands, including at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, before joining Florida A&M University … When he formed the Marching 100, he coined the name as a goal for  membership, and the band continues to use the name even though it has  grown to more than 400 members … He directed the McDonald's All-American High School Band for a dozen years beginning in 1980 … He also wrote two books, ""Band Pageantry"" (1968), which was widely used  as a handbook to his distinct style, and a memoir, ""The Man Behind the  Baton,"" published after he retired in 1998 … Band members called their charismatic director ""the Law,"" because he wanted them to do it his way  or not at all.  #shoutout to Drumline. via negrophile"
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