Emory University and Slavery

Names on Emory University's campuses reflect the institution’s history. Appointed in 2020, the University Committee on Naming Honors reviewed new historic and contested historic names associated with buildings, spaces, programs, scholarships, and other honors named for individuals in Emory’s history. Atticus Greene Haygood, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, George Foster Pierce, and Robert Mearns Yerkes were among the historic Emory figures that were reviewed in the committee's 2021 report. This guide provides a number of resources on the life and times of select individuals that help to contextualize the university’s recent examination of its named spaces and programs.

This research guide provides a place begin research on student activism around racial justice at Emory University and beyond.