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‘With Their Hands, This Place Was Made’: ˿Ƶ Dedicates Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited
Hundreds of people gathered as ˿Ƶ 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
˿Ƶ 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.
˿Ƶ's Commitment to Education and Reconciliation
˿Ƶ releases an account of the ties between Maxwell Chambers and the college, and details its work on understanding the college’s 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
˿Ƶ 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.
˿Ƶ Unveils Plans for Memorial to Honor the Enslaved and Exploited
˿Ƶ selected artist Hank Willis Thomas to create the sculpture “With These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited.” He’ll 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
˿Ƶ trustee Cintra Pollack ’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
˿Ƶ naming policy to guide future decision-making. Learn more.
Honoring and Remembering Begins With Stories Rather Than Stone
The Trustees’ Special Committee on Commemoration started with a clear focus: It’s about the people. The committee began with the fundamentals of understanding those whom the college seeks to commemorate – 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
˿Ƶ 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
˿Ƶ commits to action toward a just, humane, inclusive community.
˿Ƶ Apologizes for Support of Slavery, Announces First Steps Toward Greater Equity
˿Ƶ issued a public apology today for its support of slavery during the college’s 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 ˿Ƶ as the second Vann Professor of Ethics in Society for the 2020-21 academic year.