Columbia to Add Markers Detailing Ties to Slavery, Racism

Columbia University will install historical markers in four campus residential halls acknowledging institutional ties to slavery and racism and commemorating African American students. Reuters reported that the markers will be installed in the fall as digital monitors. Permanent plaques may be installed later, according to Thai Jones, a lecturer in Columbia’s history department and the curator of the university’s Center for American History. Jones, who taught a course called Columbia & Slavery, has led the effort to install the markers on campus.