A group of 13 college presidents has begun a campaign to bring attention to the importance of free expression, critical inquiry and civil discourse on college campuses.
University of Richmond students are trying to persuade administrators to become the first college in the state to divest its endowment from fossil fuels.
<p>T.C. Williams donated a considerable sum to the University of Richmond's law school. He also relied on slave labor in his tobacco and manufacturing businesses. The university's new policy requires them to remove his name from a building. Descendants call this hypocritical and ungrateful and demanded an inflation-adjusted refund with interest of $3.4 billion.</p>