Virginia Military Institute

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• 1/10/2021
  

  Will VMI Move Further Toward Change and Away from Stonewall Jackson?

  by Wallace Hettle

  Removing the statue of Stonewall Jackson from campus is just one step that the Virginia Military Institute must take toward separating itself from the Lost Cause myth and serving all Virginians. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  11/9/2020
  

  ‘You Cannot Let The Media Lynch VMI,’ Virginia State Senator Warns

  Thomas K. Norment, who graduated from VMI in 1968, made the remark in a special session at the Science Museum of Virginia before a vote to appropriate $1 million for an investigation into racism at the state-supported military college.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  10/26/2020
  

  VMI Superintendent Steps Down Amid Allegations Of 'Structural Racism'

  Governor Ralph Northam wrote that Virginians expect universities to "eschew outdated traditions that glamorize a history rooted in rebellion against the United States."

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  10/19/2020
  

  Northam Calls for VMI Investigation after Black Cadets Describe Relentless Racism

  Virginia's governor has called for investigation of the culture of the state-run institution, where Black students have described an entrenched culture of racism and veneration of the Confederacy. 

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• SOURCE: Richmond Times-Dispatch
  9-12-17
  

  Virginia Military Institute leaders say military college will keep Confederate statues

  Other vestiges of the school’s Confederate ties — such as battle flags, the playing of “Dixie” and cadet salutes to a statue of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson — already have been phased out.