Va. House votes to force public colleges to reckon with ties to slavery, create scholarships or other programs
Va. House votes to force public colleges to reckon with ties to slavery, create scholarships or other programs Nick Anderson © Julia Rendleman/The Washington Post People wearing masks walk across the Lawn at the University of Virginia on Sept. 7, 2020 Five public colleges and universities in Virginia would be required to detail as much as possible their ties to enslaved Black individuals who worked on their grounds and to establish scholarships or economic development programs to benefit communities descended from those people under a bill the Virginia House passed Thursd...