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51����'s Commitment to Education and Reconciliation

51���� releases an account of the ties between Maxwell Chambers and the college, and details its work on understanding the college’s history regarding slavery and expanding its commitment to education and reconciliation efforts in the present and future. Learn more.

College Plans Educational Role for Beaver Dam Property

51���� 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.

51���� Unveils Plans for Memorial to Honor the Enslaved and Exploited

51���� selected artist Hank Willis Thomas to create the sculpture “With These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited.” He’ll 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.

Commemoration Project Moves Forward With Support and Invitation to Meet Finalists

51���� trustee Cintra Pollack ’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. 

Scholar Focused on Untold Stories Returns to 51����

Dr. Hilary Green is returning to 51���� as the James B. Duke Professor of Africana Studies, a tenured position, in fall 2022.

College Trustees Approve Acknowledgment and Naming Policy

51���� naming policy to guide future decision-making. Learn more.

Honoring and Remembering Begins With Stories Rather Than Stone

The Trustees’ Special Committee on Commemoration started with a clear focus: It’s about the people. The committee began with the fundamentals of understanding those whom the college seeks to commemorate – the enslaved persons and others whose labor was exploited for the college.

For Trustees, Learning Comes Before Deciding

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.

Collective Memory: Surfacing Stories of Black Alumni and Students

51���� 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.

Confronting Our Past: Slavery, Racism and the Quest for a Just, Humane Community

51���� commits to action toward a just, humane, inclusive community.

Exhibition Connects Haunted Past to Present Through Confederate Anthem

51���� Apologizes for Support of Slavery, Announces First Steps Toward Greater Equity

51���� issued a public apology today for its support of slavery during the college’s first 30 years and its embrace of the racist laws and policies that followed.

Scholar Who Gives Voice to Untold Stories of Slavery, Reconstruction Appointed Vann Professor of Ethics in Society

Hilary Green, a U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction scholar, will join 51���� as the second Vann Professor of Ethics in Society for the 2020-21 academic year.

Smithsonian Historian Advises Commission on Race and Slavery

Anthony Foxx to Lead 51���� Commission on Race and Slavery

51���� Commission on Race and Slavery