Davidson College plans memorial to honor enslaved workers

More than five years after Davidson College created a commission to examine its links to slavery, the school announced that it will erect a sculpture to “recognize the enslaved and exploited workers who labored on the college’s campus.”

The sculpture, called “With These Hands,” will be part of a memorial plaza, the schools said Thursday.

The sculpture, by Brooklyn, N.Y., artist Hank Willis Thomas, will feature two “work-worn” hands located among four campus buildings built by enslaved people in the mid-1800s. The architecture firm Perkins & Will, which is based in Chicago with an office in Charlotte, will help with the project.

Why it matters: Davidson joins a growing list of colleges and universities now wrestling with their ties to racism and slavery.

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