When Northam arrived at VMI in August 1977, he was one of about 380 freshmen — nearly all of them White. There were just 10 Black freshmen pictured in the 1978 yearbook, and only about two dozen ...

It said in 2023 that VMI's DEI efforts sowed division and were designed “to cow Americans into agreeing with the fundamental premise that white people are inherently and irredeemably racist.” ...