Will context be enough on campus?

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Will context be enough on campus?

The University of Arkansas has declared it will not remove a statue of J. William Fulbright from its campus nor will it take the late senator’s name off its college of arts and sciences.

Source: The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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