“This wall occupies a central part of the history of Morgan State University in Morgan, moved to this site in 1917 and this whole community was all white,” David Wilson, President of Morgan State University, said, according to CBS. “It became known as the hate wall, the spite wall because the neighbors who erected this wall to prevent Morgan students from literally walking across the street into the neighborhood and into the shopping center.”
On Tuesday, Wilson, school officials and local residents watched as an excavator took down the redbrick wall.
“We had no choice but to tear it down,” Wilson said, according to NBC. “We couldn’t have this symbol of hate staring down every single day. This was an easy decision for us. It was time for us to tear down that hate.”
