Founded by abolitionists, Wheaton College at times abandoned its ideals, a sweeping review of its racial history found. The review itself got mixed reactions.
“I think there might be a clear line between treatment and parts of Wheaton’s history,” Wright said. “And I think it was indeed about race.”2,900 students“There is information out there, including from the college, did a fairly extensive review of that,” he said.
“As a public acknowledgement of our collective grief and institutional repentance over the rejection of Black applicants, we will remove ‘Buswell’ from signs and other public descriptions where it is used as the present name of Wheaton’s Library,” the report states.Ryken described the name change as one tangible response to the task force’s report and “a symbol of our desire to be hospitable to students of all races and ethnic backgrounds.
In the late 1980s, Wheaton College started hosting a major missions conference for Korean pastors and ministry leaders; the report noted that many of them were drawn to the campus because of its deep ties to internationally renowned evangelist“This familiarity provided an impetus for Korean leaders to encourage their church members to consider Wheaton for their children,” the report said.
The task force delved into the notable case of a Black student named Nellie Bryant, who attended in 1909 after she was forced out of a college in her home state of Kentucky due to segregation laws.
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