Descendant of donor demands law school pay back $3.6 billion after 'woke activists' stripped school name

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A descendant of a major donor to a law school demanded that the institution pay back $3.6 billion after a decision was made to change the school name.

Virginia lawyer Robert C. Smith is the great-great-grandson of T.C. Williams, the name behind the University of Richmond’s T.C. Williams School of Law.

Williams was a wealthy 19th-century businessman who owned tobacco companies, a graduate, and trustee of the University of Richmond. William’s family donated $25,000 to fund the law school following his death.

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However, despite Williams's estate regularly donating to the university, the T.C. Williams School of Law was stripped of its name. 

The University of Richmond School of Law voted to adopt a policy that prohibits the university from naming any building, program, professorship or entity "for a person who directly engaged in the trafficking and/or enslavement of others or openly advocated for the enslavement of people."

The university had found that Williams was a slave owner.

Records show that William’s businesses were taxed on owning 25 to 40 enslaved people. The university said personal tax records for Williams show that he was taxed on owning three enslaved people. 

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