EXCLUSIVE: VCU and predecessors yearbooks show racist imagery as late as 1989, students held “Slave Sale” fundraiser
Hannah Eason, Contributing Writer Yearbooks from the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia are littered with racist photos, some published as recently as 1989. Images include blackface, a “slave sale” at the Future Business Leaders of America Club and derogatory remarks toward Asian-Americans. RPI and MCV merged in 1968 to become VCU. […]
Floating to Hawaii in a Martini Shaker: Tom Robbins Graduates from RPI, 1959
In January, 1959, RPI student and future internationally-renowned novelist Tom Robbins warned in his final issue as editor of the student newspaper The Proscript that Mutual Broadcasting veteran sportscaster Bill Stern may have considered Richmond Professional Institute (forerunner of VCU) a breeding ground of communist activity because there was no football team.
Richmond Professionals Institute alumni artists’ work showcased
The Richmond Professional Institute Retrospective, “40 Years of Creative Excellence,” features artwork by both professors and graduates created from 1928 to 1968.