Episode 12: Founders, Reconsidered

We discuss the Board of Trustees’ announcement of plans to redesign the academic quadrangle and move the statue that has long stood at its center. We also examine a well-known photograph of a student protest from the 1970s and discuss newfound evidence that connects the protest with the origins of the Black Student Union.

Supporting Documents:

• Board Statement Regarding the Academic Quadrangle and the Founder's Memorial, January 2022
• Photograph of Black Students Protesting, 1972
• Rice Thresher, February 17, 1972
• Correspondence from March 1972 about a Black Student Union Center