Princeton is providing an interim update on the University-wide and department-level initiatives launched during the 2021-22 academic year as part of the University's ongoing commitment to combat systemic racism. A full annual report will be released in the fall.
In the decades after Emancipation, many African Americans left the rural South amid the Great Migration. In the meantime, many white home owners across the United States were encouraged to add language to their deeds, making it illegal for Black people to ever live in their houses.