Responding to White Supremacy: Public Images and Legacies at Yale University

Abstract

Founded in 1701, Yale University ranks among the original nine colleges established before the American Revolution. It was named for Elihu Yale, who donated money, books, and a portrait of King George I to the college in 1718. Among the legacies of Yale and other early American universities, is the interconnected history of trade, politics, and higher education. Slavery, both native and African, is an undeniable part of that history. Indeed, early American academies sought to educate people t...