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Virginia Military Institute will not renew first Black superintendent's contract
(Reuters) - The supervisory board of the Virginia Military Institute on Friday said ... a Confederate general during the American Civil War and former instructor at the school.
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Black General Fired for Daring to Fix Military School’s Racism
Wins, a Black man leading a school whose cadets fought and died for the Confederacy, won some uphill battles, including removing a prominent statue of Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. But VMI’s powerful ...
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VMI board opted out of extending first Black superintendent's contract
Wins will step down in June from his post as the first Black superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute after the school ... There was an ”outdated” reverence for the Civil War and Confederacy.
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The First Black Leader of Virginia Military Institute Is Ousted
By Stephanie Saul The board of Virginia Military Institute voted on Friday against extending the contract of Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins, the college’s first Black superintendent. The school’s ...
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DEI-charged claims fly over contract talks for military school’s leader as lawmaker demands ethics probe
Virginia Democratic ... oldest state military institution in the country, founded in 1839. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson notably taught at VMI in the lead-up to the Civil War.