R etired Army Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins will be stepping down in June from his position as the first-ever Black superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute. The announcement comes after the ...

The board of Virginia Military Institute voted on Friday against extending the contract of Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins, the college’s first Black superintendent.

Despite their differences, both the Virginia Military Institute and the University of Virginia have defended diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the face of criticism. Separated by fewer than ...

The statue of Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson stands in front of the barracks on the Virginia Military Institute campus in Lexington. Jackson served on the VMI faculty as professor of ...

Virginia Military Institute Will Not Renew First Black Superintendent's Contract. ... Among Wins' actions was overseeing the removal from campus of a statue of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, ...

Gore had been accepted to Virginia Military Institute and was set to follow in the footsteps of his father, who served in the Army. He didn’t know the school hadn’t integrated — the cadets ...