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Ring-tum Phi journalist Sarah Murray writes on the official African-American studies program at Washington and Lee, in response to a request made from the Black Female Alliance.

History would be derived of truth if every story had but one side. In this Ring-tum Phi article, the leaders on the Student Activities Board (SAB) struggle to come up with a conclusion about how the SAB was “saved.” One opinion article reads, “The…

This February 1964 issue of the Ring-tum Phi is replete with topics covering desegregation at Washington and Lee and the nation at large. In this one issue alone, the Ring-tum Phi covers the Hampton Institute visit, covering the first black students…

Dana Bolden '89, then a sophomore journalism major, founded a minority recruitment group with fellow sophomore Tom Brickel. Students are working to attract qualified minority students to W&L while also working to invite non-minority students to…

SABU poses for the 1983 Calyx Yearbook Photo.

After the withdrawal of former EC president Hugh Finkelstein, the EC faced a decision they had never prepared for. At the time of Finkelstein’s withdrawal, there was no procedure concerning filling a vacancy for EC president, introducing weeks of…

Reginald Yancey became the first black faculty member at Washington and Lee in 1977. This photograph is of Yancey and his Accounting Department colleagues.

Leaders from the executive board of SABU work to increase social life of black students and awareness around black student life at Washington and Lee.

The language surrounding W&L’s decision to admit negro applicants at first glance appears careful and characteristic of our archive. If one were to rummage around the Trustee’s and President’s papers, aside from the blatant racism of few, the…

Listen to an account of Damon Sanders-Pratt's time at Washington and Lee. Sanders-Pratt delves into the campus climate in the 1980s, the culture and traditions formed by black student groups and personal struggles faced while attending the…