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Tag: Corey Menafee
Leadership & Policy
Yale to Revisit Name of College Honoring Slavery Supporter
NEW HAVEN, Conn. ― Yale University said Monday it will reconsider the decision to keep the name of a residential college named for John C. Calhoun, a 19th-century alumnus and ardent supporter of slavery. Yale President Peter Salovey announced in April that the university was preserving the name of Calhoun College, defying protesters who railed […]
August 1, 2016
African-American
Yale Rehires Black Man who Broke Window Depicting Slavery
NEW HAVEN, Conn. ― A Black former Yale University dining services worker who used a broomstick to smash a stained-glass window depicting slaves and then resigned has gotten his job back. Corey Menafee said he destroyed the window inside Calhoun College because he found it offensive. The name of the residential college has sparked protests […]
July 20, 2016
African-American
Man Who Smashed Window Depicting Slaves Wants His Job Back
NEW HAVEN, Conn. ― Yale University and a former dining services worker who smashed a stained-glass window depicting slaves are discussing whether he can have his old job back, his attorney said Monday. Corey Menafee resigned last month after taking a broomstick to the window inside the dining hall at Calhoun College. Menafee, who is […]
July 18, 2016
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