WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) - The College of William & Mary is soliciting ideas for how to memorialize black Americans who were enslaved at the school.
The university in Williamsburg, Virginia, says in a statement that a competition for memorial concepts launched Tuesday. The deadline is Oct. 12.
The project is part of a larger initiative to research William & Mary's involvement with slavery and its relationship with the black community. The school has been uncovering and sharing its findings about the university's enslaved men, women and children.
William & Mary's Board of Visitors issued a resolution in April that apologized for the university's history of slavery and racial discrimination.
The university's president, Katherine A. Rowe, says black Americans have played a vital role at the school, including helping to establish and maintain it.
