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[PAST EVENT] Featured Faculty Series: "The Lemon Project"
September 24, 2011
9am - 10am
In 2009, after student and faculty resolutions calling for a full investigation of the College?s past, the Board of Visitors acknowledged that the College had ?owned and exploited slave labor from its founding to the Civil War; and that it had failed to take a stand against segregation during the Jim Crow Era.? As a result, the Board offered its support for the establishment of The Lemon Project: A Journey of Reconciliation.
The Project is named for Lemon, a man who was once enslaved by the College of William & Mary. The Lemon Project is a multifaceted and dynamic attempt to rectify wrongs perpetrated against African Americans by the College through action or inaction. An ongoing endeavor, this program will focus on contributing to and encouraging scholarship on the 300-year relationship between African Americans and the College, and building bridges between the College and Williamsburg and Greater Tidewater area.
The Project is named for Lemon, a man who was once enslaved by the College of William & Mary. The Lemon Project is a multifaceted and dynamic attempt to rectify wrongs perpetrated against African Americans by the College through action or inaction. An ongoing endeavor, this program will focus on contributing to and encouraging scholarship on the 300-year relationship between African Americans and the College, and building bridges between the College and Williamsburg and Greater Tidewater area.