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


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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
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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. ....

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WHRO - Researchers Rediscover School For Free And Enslaved Black Children At William & Mary


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Courtesy of John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library/Colonial Williamsburg. William & Mary officials say the building is likely the oldest structure still in existence in the U.S. that was dedicated to the education of Black children.
Researchers Rediscover School For Free And Enslaved Black Children At William & Mary
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Published: 25 February 2021
The College of William & Mary has confirmed the historic identity of a small white building tucked away on campus.
After more than a decade of research  including archaeological digs and analysis of the building’s wood framing  academics have determined it was the original Williamsburg Bray School. The institution specialized in teaching Christianity to more than 400 enslaved and free Black children from 1760 to 1774. ....

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