Princeton Digs Deep into Its Fraught Racial History
Posted on: Nov 06, 2017
The New York Times, 11/6/17
Princeton University has a long history connected to slavery, which has remained hidden until now.
Putting the Ghosts of Princeton’s Racial Past Onstage
Posted on: Nov 06, 2017
The New York Times, 11/6/17
The voices of enslaved people can be hard to hear in the archives. But they are front and center in the Princeton & Slavery Plays, a suite of seven 10-minute works that will have their premieres at the McCarter Theater on Nov. 18 and 19.
How Elite Colleges Can Atone for Their History with Slavery
Posted on: Nov 19, 2019
The Washington Post, 11/18/19
The United States’ most elite universities continue to grapple with their historic ties to slavery.
Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Principles to Govern Renaming and Changes to Campus Iconography
Posted on: May 06, 2021
Princeton University, 3/29/21
In September 2020, the Trustees of Princeton University convened the Ad Hoc Committee on Principles to Govern Renaming and Changes to Campus Iconography.
“We Are Our History”: Confronting the Past and Imagining the Future of Whig-Clio
Posted on: Feb 26, 2021
The Daily Princetonian, 2/25/21
The American Whig-Cliosophic Society, colloquially known as Whig-Clio, is the oldest collegiate literary and debate society in the nation. Usually we say this with pride, as an impressive feature that sets us apart. But, like Princeton itself, Whig-Clio’s extensive history means it is wrapped up in the darker sides of American history, too.