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UpdatedSat, Apr 10, 2021 at 3:32 pm ET Reply A Board of Visitors committee plans to consider new names to replace Jackson Memorial Hall on the grounds of Virginia Military Institute in Lexington. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) LEXINGTON, VA — A committee at Virginia Military Institute recommended that the name of Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson be removed from Jackson Memorial Hall on the grounds of the Lexington school. The committee also concluded that the level of veneration of Jackson has been "overstated" by VMI. VMI's Board of Visitors' Commemorations and Memorials Naming and ...
The VMI Controversy Last year, the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, Virginia, came under scrutiny for alleged acts of racial discrimination against black members of the corps of cadets. The controversy began with an article in the Washington Post, which was followed by a call by the governor of Virginia for an official state investigation into racism at VMI. Under pressure, VMI’s superintendent, who is equivalent to a college president, resigned and was replaced by a temporary superintendent, who is black. Pending the outcome of the state’s investigation, the school remo...