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UR's board voted to remove the names of Robert Ryland and Douglas Southall Freeman, and it will change four other names of buildings.

The plan had been to add a second name that would have honored the institution’s first Black student — and the KKK member, a former governor.

Virginia universities reckon with Confederate symbols FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators pulled down the Richmond Howitzers Monument at Virginia Commonwealth University (June 2020). The university was in the process of auditing Confederate symbols on its two campuses and has since begun removal and renaming of those symbols. Photo by Andrew Ringle, The Commonwealth Times. (Source: Capitol News Service) By Katharine DeRosa | Capital News Service | May 10, 2021 at 6:22 PM EDT - Updated May 11 at 12:30 PM RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia universities in the former heart of the Confederacy are reckoning wit...

By ERIC KOLENICH Richmond Times-Dispatch After weeks of protests and complaints from students and faculty, the University of Richmond board of trustees announced Monday it would hit the reset button on the controversial names of two campus buildings. The board said it would form a commission to establish principles on renaming, ensuring a “fresh start.” In a statement, the board said it and President Ronald Crutcher are “committed to ensuring a broader, more inclusive process to determine how decisions are made about questions of renaming going forward.” The an...

The board of trustees at the University of Richmond says it will reset its review of the controversial names of two campus buildings, while faculty members seek the resignation of a board member for comments he made during a meeting.