Princeton

Princeton Owes the Families of the MOVE Bombing Victims Answers

by Judith Weisenfeld, Ruha Benjamin et al.

Members of the Princeton faculty argue that "the victims of the MOVE bombing, their families, and those of us at Princeton invested in Black history and communities deserve more" than the university's statements to date about the use of remains of the victims. 

Princeton Admitted Past Racism. Now It Is Under Investigation.

The Trump administration opened a civil rights investigation into the university after its president acknowledged the role of systemic racism at the school.

Education Department Opens Investigation into Princeton University after President Deems Racism 'Embedded' in the School

The Department of Education's justification appears to boil down to the idea that acknowledging institutional racial inequality embedded over centuries is the functional equivalent of discrimination. 

‘An Inappropriate Namesake’: Princeton Strips Woodrow Wilson’s Name From Public-Policy School

Princeton's decision is all the more notable for how recently the university had resisted this precise step. 

The History That James Baldwin Wanted America to See

by Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.

"In his reflections on King, Baldwin wrote that we were witnessing the death of segregation, and that the question was how long and how expensive the funeral would be. If only he knew."

Historian Theodore Rabb, champion of the humanities, dies at 81

Theodore Rabb, professor of history, emeritus, founder of Princeton’s “Humanities Sequence” and an innovative teacher of generations of students, died Jan. 7 at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center. He was 81.

Princeton to Name Two Campus Spaces in Honor of Slaves

Five months after the release of sweeping research into its deep historical connections with slavery, Princeton University announced that it would name two prominent spaces in honor of enslaved people who lived or worked on its campus.

Racist, Anti-Semitic Flyers Found on Princeton Campus

It is unclear who’s responsible for posting the flyers, but they came in two varieties: the first, a personal attack against a Jewish resident of the city of Princeton; the second, an advertisement for a fake course at the university called, “Introduction to White Studies: White Guilt and Reparations.”

Princeton investigates its connection to slavery at a two-day symposium

“Slavery became part of the DNA of Princeton. Princeton became renowned as a safe space for slaveholders.”

Princeton Digs Deep Into Its Fraught Racial History

The Princeton and Slavery Project, officially unveiled on Monday, stands out for the depth of its research.

A historian moves to Princeton and starts digging into the town’s history of slavery

This is what Martha A. Sandweiss found.

Princeton U. Professor Cancels Lectures After Fox News Labels Her as Anti-Trump

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, an assistant professor of African-American studies at Princeton University, canceled all her public lectures this week following an onslaught of email threats after a commencement address she gave was posted by Fox News.

Princeton’s Harold James warns World War Three is now a "serious threat”

“[T]he parties in the political middle and the centre are on the whole in favour of openness, in favour of trade and in favour of migration, but they’re squeezed from both the right and the left.”

Princeton Will Keep Woodrow Wilson’s Name on School and Dorm

A committee of trustees has met nine times since December and made recommendations for an “expanded and more vigorous commitment to diversity and inclusion at Princeton,” the statement says.

Damnatio Memoriae

by Claire McCaffery Griffin

We shouldn't be erasing history. 

Princeton U. historian Imani Perry claims mistreatment in parking ticket arrest

Police say she was arrested for driving on a suspended license.

It’s Okay – Change that Offensive Name on a Building.

by T. Evan Faulkenbury

It may be carved in stone, but history isn’t.

Woodrow Wilson, Princeton, and the Complex Landscape of Race

by Martha A. Sandweiss

The debates over Wilson’s legacy ought to push us to initiate even broader conversations about the presence and power of the past in daily life.

At Princeton, Woodrow Wilson, a Heralded Alum, Is Recast as an Intolerant One

Efforts to remove Mr. Wilson’s name from a residential complex and the public policy school at Princeton University have raised difficult questions about a prominent graduate’s racist legacy.

Princeton becomes flash point in campus protests as students demand end to links to Woodrow Wilson

The same day, institution ends the use of "master" to describe leaders of residential colleges.