Cedric T Wins Named First Black Superintendent At VMI Amid Racism Probe
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Maj Gen Cedric Wins selected as permanent superintendent at VMI
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Interim VMI superintendent gets job permanently Pat Thomas © Provided by Roanoke-Lynchburg WDBJ-TV VMI announces Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins to serve as superintendent
LEXINGTON, Va. (WDBJ) - The Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors has voted to make its temporary superintendent permanent.
The board voted Thursday to permanently install Maj. Gen. Cedric Wins as superintendent. He had been serving on an interim basis since being named to succeed General J.H Binford Peay III, who resigned from the superintendent position in October 2020 after 17 years.
Major General Wins is the first Black man to lead VMI in its 181-year history.
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UpdatedSat, Apr 10, 2021 at 3:32 pm ET
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A Board of Visitors committee plans to consider new names to replace Jackson Memorial Hall on the grounds of Virginia Military Institute in Lexington. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
LEXINGTON, VA A committee at Virginia Military Institute recommended that the name of Confederate General Thomas Stonewall Jackson be removed from Jackson Memorial Hall on the grounds of the Lexington school. The committee also concluded that the level of veneration of Jackson has been overstated by VMI.
VMI s Board of Visitors Commemorations and Memorials Naming and Review Committee met Friday to discuss a number of issues that support the concept of ensuring the grounds of VMI present an inspiring and inclusive landscape and its memorials properly reflect VMI s core values, VMI Interim Superintendent Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins wrote in an email Friday to the VMI community.