Engineers from Gropen Inc., a local signage and design firm, sandblasted the new names into the wall on Jan. 6.
Local resident Myra Anderson brought to the attention of UVA administrators that her enslaved ancestors had worked at UVA (and Monticello), which kick-started the process to have these names added. Anderson is a 2020 Community Fellow with UVA's Equity Center.
Read more about the memorial and some of the people behind its creation here.