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Apex puts on 'The Diary of Anne Frank' in St. Augustine, Jacksonville

Apex Theatre Studio will present “The Diary of Anne Frank” throughout January in St. Augustine and at other venues in the Northeast Florida area.

CASEY: Jewell Parker Rhodes taught me in college — 40 years later, her books are being banned

Jewell Parker Rhodes, who taught yours truly at the University of Maryland, realized around age 19 that Black women wrote books. Since then she's published a slew. Now some are

Dedicated in their honor: W&M dedicates Boswell, Willis Halls

New names in honor of trailblazing alumni now grace two campus buildings. Morton Hall and Taliaferro Hall were dedicated this fall as John E. Boswell Hall and Hulon L. Willis Sr. Hall, respectively.

Reunited at W&M's Homecoming & Reunion Weekend

This year’s Homecoming & Reunion Weekend was especially meaningful as the W&M community gathered on campus again after being apart for so long. 

WHRO - William & Mary Renames Buildings With Connections To Confederacy, White Supremacy

ALL WHRO SITES Photo from Virginia Media. William & Mary's Board of Visitors voted on Friday to rename Taliaferro Hall and other buildings around campus. William & Mary Renames Buildings With Connections To Confederacy, White Supremacy Details Published: 23 April 2021 The College of William & Mary will change the names of several buildings that honor men with ties to the Confederacy and white supremacy. The school’s board of visitors voted on Friday to rename Taliaferro Hall, Tyler Hall, Morton Hall and Cary Field.       The new names will honor alumni who helped make education more diverse and accessible to marginalized groups.  “Today’s actions highlight the importance of acknowledging and commemorating the complete and complex history of an institution that represents this nation in full,” Rector John Littel said in a press release.

William & Mary renames three buildings, history department that honored Confederate supporters

BY ERIC KOLENICH Richmond Times-Dispatch WILLIAMSBURG — The College of William & Mary has renamed three buildings and a department that currently honor supporters of the Confederacy, the school’s latest move in a years-long process to shed references to men who supported the Confederacy, enslavement and racism. Instead, the university will honor the school’s first Black student, a man who studied LGBTQ traditions and a descendent of a U.S. president. “The past is the past, but how we know it and how we tell it evolves as we learn more and as our community changes,” president Katherine Rowe said at Friday’s board of visitors meeting. “William & Mary must pursue truth telling.”

W&M campus structures named for trailblazing alumni

Photo - of - by staff |  April 23, 2021 Following a consultative and thorough process established earlier this year, William & Mary’s Board of Visitors voted Friday to rename two campus buildings and name one campus structure to honor trailblazing alumni who helped open the door for marginalized people at both the university and beyond. Morton Hall will become John E. Boswell Hall, named for an alumnus, recognized scholar and advocate for the LGBTQ+ community. The Arcade at Cary Field, the arched walkway at Zable Stadium that serves as its northern colonnade, will be named the Arthur W. Matsu Arcade after the university’s first known Asian-American student and William & Mary’s first “true gridiron hero.” Taliaferro Hall will become Hulon L. Willis Sr. Hall, named after the first African-American student to enroll at William & Mary. 

William & Mary renames three buildings after months of discussion, will contextualize Founding Fathers references

William & Mary renames 3 buildings with connections to Confederacy and racism, will contextualize Founding Fathers references

William & Mary students push for change amid national racial reckoning