Resources

Provided below are a few resources relating to Wake Forest University’s history with slavery, race, and memory.

• SRMP Recommendation to the Wake Forest University Naming Committee
• Wake Forest apologizes for benefitting from enslaved people
  • President Hatch – Full Remarks
  • Former Dean Jonathan Walton – Full Remarks
• WFU Timeline
• The History of Wake Forest (Six Volume Set)
  • History of Wake Forest College, Vol. I by George Washington Pascal
  • History of Wake Forest College, Vol. II by George Washington Pascal
  • History of Wake Forest College, Vol. III by George Washington Pascal
  • History of Wake Forest College, Vol. IV by Bynum Shaw
  • The History of Wake Forest University, Vol. V by Bynum Shaw
  • The History of Wake Forest University, Vol. VI by Samuel Templeman Gladding
• Oral Histories
  • Voices of Wake Forest (Special Collections & Archives)
  • History of Wake Forest University Oral Histories (Special Collections & Archives)
  • 175th Anniversary Oral Histories (Special Collections & Archives)
• Howler Images
• Office of Diversity and Inclusion History
• Wake Forest Historical Museum
• The Importance of Past and Place to What Lies Ahead (PDF)
• Early History of Wake Forest

Other Important Groups

• Office of Diversity and Inclusion
• R.I.D.E. – Realizing Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity