I’m not sure the past of the university contributed too much to the UVA march. I think it was more a decision to march in a place steeped in the Confederate heritage as Virginia was one of the leaders of the CSA, and supplied the major armies/generals. Plus, UVA was given a green light rating which means that the school in its behavior and policies will generally protect the right to free speech, by FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which has ratings on how much an educational institution’s policies protect free speech. (Just for information, VT and UC-Berkley, for example, only has a yellow light rating which means they both have “at least one ambiguous policy that too easily encourages administrative abuse and arbitrary application.”)

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