Black students already make up one of the smallest groups at the University — with approximately 13 percent of the University’s student body identifying as Black or African American.
Like many other Black girls, there came a day when I recognized that I stood out — when I looked at all the TV screens and movies and realized that Barbie doesn’t have cornrows with brightly colored ball hair ties and barrettes at the ends.
In their History of African-Americans at U.Va tour, the Guides center their trips around the complicated racial legacies of slavery and discrimination at the University.
