The Burying Ground Memorial project consecration and memorial dedication was held on Wednesday, April 23, a milestone in a years-long process of reckoning with the University of Richmond’s complicated past.
Six proposals were discussed in the Burying Ground Memorialization Committee’s meeting on Oct. 13.
This Collegian UR podcast explores the memorialization of Robert Ryland and Douglas Southall Freeman at the University of Richmond.
This Collegian UR podcast explores the life of Douglas Southall Freeman and how he perpetuated systemic racism in Richmond.
This Collegian UR podcast explores the life of Robert Ryland and how he perpetuated systemic racism and slavery in Richmond and the U.S.
Faculty members, students and staff members gathered with community members to hear a panel presenting research on UR’s history.
This past fall, seven students took the Documentary Journalism course with one common goal in mind: make an effective film.
A burial ground of enslaved people is believed to be beneath the University of Richmond, behind Puryear Hall, near the steam plant and parking lot U8.
