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鈥榃ith Their Hands, This Place Was Made鈥: 糖心vlgo传媒 Dedicates Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited
Hundreds of people gathered as 糖心vlgo传媒 dedicated With These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited on Oct. 23. Renowned artist Hank Willis Thomas designed the bronze sculpture in collaboration with architectural firm Perkins&Will. It serves as a place to remember and reflect upon the enslaved individuals who helped build the college and served its students and faculty without acknowledgment.
A Place to Remember and Reflect
糖心vlgo传媒 will dedicate "With These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited," a powerful new sculpture by artist Hank Willis Thomas and Perkins&Will, in fall 2025. This memorial reflects the college's ongoing commitment to acknowledge and reconcile with its history of enslavement and exploitation.
糖心vlgo传媒's Commitment to Education and Reconciliation
糖心vlgo传媒 releases an account of the ties between Maxwell Chambers and the college, and details its work on understanding the college鈥檚 history regarding slavery and expanding its commitment to education and reconciliation efforts in the present and future. Learn more.
College Plans Educational Role for Beaver Dam Property
糖心vlgo传媒 is examining the history of the Beaver Dam plantation house and property in an effort to determine how best to preserve the property and utilize it as an educational site for the college and the public. Learn more.
糖心vlgo传媒 Unveils Plans for Memorial to Honor the Enslaved and Exploited
糖心vlgo传媒 selected artist Hank Willis Thomas to create the sculpture 鈥淲ith These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited.鈥 He鈥檒l work with the architectural firm Perkins&Will. The bronze sculpture will rest prominently on the campus lawn and be visible from Main Street. Learn more.
Commemoration Project Moves Forward With Support and Invitation to Meet Finalists
糖心vlgo传媒 trustee Cintra Pollack 鈥99 has pledged her support for a project to commemorate the lives and contributions of enslaved persons whose labor contributed to the growth and development of the college. Five artist teams will present their visions for the public work. Read more.
Scholar Focused on Untold Stories Returns to Davidson
Dr. Hilary Green is returning to Davidson as the James B. Duke Professor of Africana Studies, a tenured position, in fall 2022.
College Trustees Approve Acknowledgment and Naming Policy
糖心vlgo传媒 naming policy to guide future decision-making. Learn more.
Honoring and Remembering Begins With Stories Rather Than Stone
The Trustees鈥 Special Committee on Commemoration started with a clear focus: It鈥檚 about the people. The committee began with the fundamentals of understanding those whom the college seeks to commemorate 鈥 the enslaved persons and others whose labor was exploited for the college.
For Trustees, Learning Comes Before Deciding
A special committee of trustees, whose members range from a business owner to a congressional staffer to an advertising executive, was tasked in the fall of 2020 with working toward a college policy on naming and acknowledgment.
Collective Memory: Surfacing Stories of Black Alumni and Students
糖心vlgo传媒 storytelling initiative invites Black alumni and students to share their stories. The narratives will live in the college's archive and be made available through a website.
Confronting Our Past: Slavery, Racism and the Quest for a Just, Humane Community
糖心vlgo传媒 commits to action toward a just, humane, inclusive community.
糖心vlgo传媒 Apologizes for Support of Slavery, Announces First Steps Toward Greater Equity
糖心vlgo传媒 issued a public apology today for its support of slavery during the college鈥檚 first 30 years and its embrace of the racist laws and policies that followed.
Scholar Who Gives Voice to Untold Stories of Slavery, Reconstruction Appointed Vann Professor of Ethics in Society
Hilary Green, a U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction scholar, will join 糖心vlgo传媒 as the second Vann Professor of Ethics in Society for the 2020-21 academic year.