Univ. of Arkansas system head: Fulbright statue should stay July 27, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The leader of the University of Arkansas system on Tuesday proposed keeping a statue of the late Sen. J. William Fulbright on its flagship campus but add “contextualization" about his legacy, despite calls to remove the monument because of Fulbright's support of segregation. System President Donald Bobbitt cited a new state law preventing the removal of historical monuments without state approval in his proposal, which is going before the university's board of trustees on Wednesday. Bobbitt's proposal also called for keeping Fulbright's name on the Fayetteville campus' college of arts and sciences.