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This photo features Robin Bean and Tonia Bean. Robin entered W&L as one of the first women in 1985.

In November of 1991, the Interfraternity Council (IFC) required each fraternity in their council to vote on the colonization of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first historically black Greek organization. Then IFC President Greg Hicks delayed the original vote…

Willard Dumas becomes the first black president of the Executive Committee when former EC president suddenly withdraws from the university. At the time of his inauguration, there had not been bylaws put into place that detailed next steps in the…

Sanders-Pratt and Penn pose in the dining area of Chavis House.

“Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people. But stories can also repair that broken dignity.” - Chimamanda Ngozi…

Listen to an account of Ted DeLaney's life during his decision to leave W&L and become a faculty member at SUNY Geneseo and the return to his alma mater.

Listen to an account of Ted DeLaney's life growing up in Lexington and time spent working for and attending Washington and Lee as an undergraduate.

The members of SABU created a brochure used by University admissions as recruitment material. The pamphlet exhibits fictive kinships within the text, highlighting the community within the members of SABU and a general closeness. Before the academic…

A celebration black life, achievement and history began in 1926 when Dr. Carter Woodson declared that the second week in February would be known as Black History Week. SABU continues on this tradition by planning a week long of activities that will…

The Shenandoah Bureau, now an obsolete newspaper, reported in several instances on the treatment of black students at Washington and Lee. In this article, journalist Steve Pockbass examines the frustration of black students, interviewing a plethora…