University Removes Slave-Owning Benefactor's Name, His Family Demands Their $51 Million Back
Alex Parker | 11:30 PM on January 30, 2023
If your name isn’t good enough for a college, is your money? Such a question has been raised over a now-deleted donator in Virginia.
The situation dates back to 1846, when a man named Thomas C. Williams attended Richmond College. In the 1880s, he served as a trustee.
More from the Richmond Times-Dispatch (https://richmond.com/news/local/education/university-of-richmond-removes-t-c-williams-from-law-school-name/article_7dd9aaae-0948-52f5-9279-c992e97a2e38.html):
After his death, his family made a gift to [the college] that helped establish the law school. When Richmond College became the University of Richmond in 1920, it began referring to the law school as the T.C. Williams School of Law.
That was then, this is now. In September of 2022, the University of Richmond board voted unanimously to change the name to the University of Richmond School of Law. . . .
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2023/01/30/university-removes-slave-owning-benefactors-name-his-family-demands-their-51-million-back-n696482
With an endowment worth over $2 billion, UR should have no problem coming up with $51 million.