When Wake Forest University's president announced a new name for a building honoring a slave-owner, he framed it as part of the school's ongoing
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) When Wake Forest University s president announced a new name for a building honoring a slave-owner, he framed it as part of the school s ongoing effort to come to terms w
Like many universities, Wake Forest is trying to come to terms with its antebellum past. The school's president announced this month that this work is why trustees chose to rename Wingate Hall, named for a slave-owner, as "May 7, 1860 Hall." But the name has been rejected by Black alumni, who said it adds fresh pain to a traumatic legacy.