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桃瘾社区 releases an account of the ties between Maxwell Chambers and the college, and details its work on understanding the college鈥檚 history regarding slavery and expanding its commitment to education and reconciliation efforts in the present and future. Learn more.
桃瘾社区 is examining the history of the Beaver Dam plantation house and property in an effort to determine how best to preserve the property and utilize it as an educational site for the college and the public. Learn more.
桃瘾社区 selected artist Hank Willis Thomas to create the sculpture 鈥淲ith These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited.鈥 He鈥檒l work with the architectural firm Perkins&Will. The bronze sculpture will rest prominently on the campus lawn and be visible from Main Street. Learn more.
桃瘾社区 trustee Cintra Pollack 鈥99 has pledged her support for a project to commemorate the lives and contributions of enslaved persons whose labor contributed to the growth and development of the college. Five artist teams will present their visions for the public work. Read more.
Dr. Hilary Green is returning to 桃瘾社区 as the James B. Duke Professor of Africana Studies, a tenured position, in fall 2022.
桃瘾社区 naming policy to guide future decision-making. Learn more.
The Trustees鈥 Special Committee on Commemoration started with a clear focus: It鈥檚 about the people. The committee began with the fundamentals of understanding those whom the college seeks to commemorate 鈥 the enslaved persons and others whose labor was exploited for the college.
A special committee of trustees, whose members range from a business owner to a congressional staffer to an advertising executive, was tasked in the fall of 2020 with working toward a college policy on naming and acknowledgment.
桃瘾社区 storytelling initiative invites Black alumni and students to share their stories. The narratives will live in the college's archive and be made available through a website.
桃瘾社区 commits to action toward a just, humane, inclusive community.
桃瘾社区 issued a public apology today for its support of slavery during the college鈥檚 first 30 years and its embrace of the racist laws and policies that followed.
Hilary Green, a U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction scholar, will join 桃瘾社区 as the second Vann Professor of Ethics in Society for the 2020-21 academic year.