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