The campus of Yale University is seen, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in New Haven, Conn. In 1831, a coalition of Black leaders and white abolitionists proposed the nation's first African American college in New Haven. White male landowners with the sole authority to vote, many with ties to Yale College — rejected the plans on a vote of 700-4. Alder Thomas Ficklin Jr. and City Historian Michael Morand submitted a resolution to the Board of Alders in August that calls for an official apology and encourages city schools and Yale to offer educational programs on what happened in 1831. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)