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Cadets at the Virginia Military Institute walk in formation. (Image: Youtube/VMI)
The Virginia Military Institute (VMI) continues to abandon its racist and bigoted past, voting to remove Stonewall Jackson’s name as the author of a quote mounted in the student barracks and engraved on class rings.
VMI’s Board of Visitors voted Saturday to remove Jackson’s name from Memorial Hall and from the front of the old barracks on campus. The board also directed a committee to determine potential new names for those spots and will hold discussions later this year on new names.
The quote, “You may be whatever you resolve to be” which was added to the interior of the barrack during the 1953-54 academic year will stay where it was painted. However Jackson’s name beneath the quote will be removed.
Maj. Gen. Cedric Wins selected as permanent superintendent at VMI Major General Cedric Wins (Source: United States Army) By Pete DeLuca and Pat Thomas | WDBJ | April 15, 2021 at 7:10 PM EDT - Updated April 15 at 7:16 PM
LEXINGTON, Va. (WDBJ) - Major General Cedric Wins will lead the Virginia Military Institute into its next chapter.
The 1985 VMI grad is the school’s 15th superintendent in its 181-year history and its first Black leader.
“This is a great day for VMI and I thank the board for its participation and hard work and devotion to this project and devotion to VMI,” said John William Boland, the President of VMI’s Board of Visitors, which unanimously voted in favor of Wins’ appointment Thursday.
By Ryan Shepard
Apr 16, 2021
The Virginia Military Institute has found the right man to lead the institution through a turbulent time. After being named interim superintendent last fall, retired Major General
Cedric T. Wins has taken the leap to become the institution s full-time superintendent. With this hire, Wins becomes the first Black superintendent in the school s history.
“Maj. Gen. Wins has distinguished himself as a leader whose dedication to the Institute’s mission and to the Corps of Cadets has endeared him to many during his brief time as interim superintendent,” VMI Board of Visitors President
John William Boland said.