MDC Press Releases (from most to least recent):

• Press release from the Montpelier Descendants Committing announcing that the Montpelier Foundation voted to elect 11 new MDC-endorsed members, achieving board parity (May 16, 2022)
• Press release from the Montpelier Descendants Committee announcing a slate of twenty incredible candidates for The Montpelier Foundation board (April 28, 2022)
• Press release of the Montpelier Descendants Committee on the Montpelier CEO firing employees (April 18, 2022)
• Press release of the Montpelier Descendants Committee on the Board voting to abandon shared governance promise (March 28, 2022)

Press (from most to least recent):

• Associated Press: “Madison estate rehires staff let go during recent turmoil,” (June 5, 2022) (also appears in the Washington Post, Bloomberg, and CBS 6 News)
• Culpeper Star-Exponent: “James Madison’s Montpelier rehires staff fired, suspended by ex-CEO,” by Clint Schemmer (June 3, 2022)
• Hyperallergic: “Montpelier CEO Resigns As Descendants of the Enslaved Get a Seat at the Table,” by Elaine Velie (May 29, 2022)
• The Orange County Review: “From fired to rehired, Elizabeth Chew named interim Montpelier president and CEO,” by Hilary Holladay (May 27, 2022)
• Southern Poverty Law Center: “Justice Prevails: Descendants of enslaved people at historic plantation win bruising battle to tell their stories,” by Rhonda Sonnenberg (May 27, 2022)
• ABC 8 News: “Fired Montpelier staffer returns to lead the founding father’s home,” by Jakob Cordes (May 26, 2022)
• Culpeper Star-Exponent: “Montpelier Foundation board chooses new leaders for presidential home,” by Clint Schemmer (May 25, 2022) (also appears in the Free Lance-Star)
• WINA.com: “Montpelier Foundation Board installs new leadership,” (May 23, 2022)
• C-Ville: “Above board,” by Courteney Stuart (May 18, 2022)
• The Daily Progress: “Opinion/Editorial: Time to rehire and return to work at Montpelier,” (May 17, 2022)(also appears in the Culpeper Star-Exponent)
• The Free Lance-Star: “Editorial: Miracles can happen when sunlight is let in,” (May 17, 2022)
• Associated Press: “Montpelier Foundation elects 11 descendants of slaves,” (May 17, 2022)(also appears in Time, The Daily Press, and the San Francisco Chronicle)
• The Black Enterprise: “Slaves’ Descendants will Share Power with White Board Members at Montpelier, James Madison’s Virginia Estate,” by Derek Major (May 17, 2022)
• The Black Chronicle: “Slaves’ Descendants Will Share Power With White Board Members At Montpelier, President James Madison’s Estate,” (May 17, 2022)
• CBS 19 News: “Montpelier announces newest members of Foundation’s Board of Directors,” (May 17, 2022)
• The Washington Post: “In reversal, Montpelier appoints directors from descendants of the enslaved,” by Gregory S. Schneider (May 16, 2022)
• The New York Times: “At Montpelier, Slaves’ Descendants Will Share Power With White Board Members,” by Alyssa Lukpat (May 16, 2022)
• Culpeper Star-Exponent: “In reversal, Madison’s Montpelier shares governance with slaves’ descendants,” by Clint Schemmer (May 16, 2022)(also appears in The Daily Progress)
• ABC 8 News: “James Madison’s Montpelier fulfills promise of representation for descendants of enslaved people,” by Jakob Cordes (May 16, 2022)
• CBS 19 News: “Montpelier board votes for new members,” (May 16, 2022)
• Culpeper Star-Exponent: “Montpelier Foundation appoints 11 nominees from Descendants Committee,” (May 16, 2022) (also appears in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Free Lance-Star, and The Roanoke Times)
• The Washington Post: “Opinion: Montpelier: A model for reconciliation in peak polarization,” by James French (May 16, 2022)
• The Daily Progress: “Opinion/Letter: Rehire fired Montpelier staff,” by NAACP Culpeper Branch and Orange County Branch (May 14, 2022)
• The Daily Progress: “Opinion/Letter: Share power, reinstate employees,” by the Albemarle-Charlottesville NAACP Executive Committee (May 8, 2022)
• The Washington Post: “Opinion: A revanchist assault on racial reforms in Virginia,” by the Editorial Board (May 4, 2022)
• C-Ville: “Luminaries jump into the fray,” by Courteney Stuart (May 4, 2022)
• The Daily Progress: “National Trust tells Montpelier board to seat nine MDC nominees immediately and without condition,” by Hilary Holladay (May 2, 2022)
• Culpeper Star-Exponent: “Editorial: Time for Montpelier to add to its board, share power with Descendants Committee,” by The Daily Progress (April 30, 2022)
• CBS 19 News: “MDC submits names for consideration for Montpelier board post,” (April 29, 2022)
• The Daily Progress: “Editorial: Time for Montpelier to add to its board and share power,” by Jim Spencer (April 29, 2022)
• Washington Post: “Opinion: Changes at Montpelier work against repairing the wounds of slavery,” by Stephen P. Hanna, Derek H. Alderman, and Amy E. Potter (April 29, 2022)
• NewsRadio WINA: “Montpelier Descendants Committee Nominates 20 for Consideration to the Board,” by Courteney Stuart (April 28, 2022)
• NewsRadio WINA: “Montpelier Descendants Committee submits nominees for the historic attraction’s board of directors,” (April 28, 2022)
• Culpeper Star-Exponent: “Descendants at Madison’s Montpelier name 20 candidates for foundation board,” by Clint Schemmer (April 28, 2022)
• NBC 29 News: “Montpelier Descendants,” by Max Marcilla (April 28, 2022)
• The Daily Progress: “Letter: Open letter to Montpelier CEO,” by Bill Speiden (April 27, 2022)
• C-Ville: “Montpelier goes fued-al,” by Courteney Stuart (April 27, 2022)
• Culpeper Star-Exponent: “Montpelier staff fears more retaliation, vows to fight on for enslaved people’s descendants,” by Clint Schemmer (April 25, 2022)(also appears in The Daily Progress and The Roanoke Times)
• BET: “Descendants of James Madison’s Slaves Fight for Equal Power of Foundation Overseeing His Former Plantation,” by Nigel Roberts (April 25, 2022)
• The New York Times: “At Madison’s Montpelier, a Fight Over Power for Slaves’ Descendants,” by Michael Levenson (April 22, 2022)
• The Washington Post: “James Madison’s plantation vowed to share power with black descendants. Then things blew up,” by DeNeen L. Brown (April 22, 2022)
• NPR: “Montpelier says it’s open to parity with slave descendants. Descendants cry foul,” Alana Wise (April 20, 2022)(also appears in MPR News, WAMU 88.5/American University Radio, and ncpr)
• ABC 8 News: “Montpelier staff fired amid fight over who should run James Madison’s home,” by Jakob Cordes (April 20, 2022)
• Esquire: “Let’s Not Throw Away the Progress Towards Historical Justice Made at James Madison’s Estate,” by Charles P. Pierce (April 19, 2022)
• Richmond Times-Dispatch: “First, Montpelier reversed its power-sharing promise with descendants of the enslaved. Now, it’s retreating from its history of enslavement,” Michael Paul Williams (April 19, 2022) (also appears in The News & Advance, The Culpeper Star-Exponent, and The Free Lance-Star)
• The Daily Progress: “Editorial: Plantation mentality now rules the day at Montpelier Foundation,” (April 19, 2022)
• Hyperallergic: “Montpelier Fires Staffers Who Advocated for the Descendants of Enslaved People,” by Hakim Bishara (April 19, 2022)
• The Free Lance-Star: “Commentary: Can we reach the promised land?” by Martin Davis, Jr. (April 19, 2022)
• Washington Post: “Montpelier staffers say they were fired for backing descendants group,” by Gregory S. Schneider and DeNeen L. Brown (April 18, 2022)
• Augusta Free Press: “Montpelier Foundation begins purge of whistleblowing employees,” (April 18, 2022)
• Culpeper Star-Exponent: “CEO at Madison’s Montpelier sacks whistleblowing staff; National Trust protests action,” by Clint Schemmer (April 18, 2022)(also appears in The Daily Progress and Bristol Herald Courier)
• NewsRadio WINA: “MDC Calls for Montpelier CEO Resignation,” (April 18, 2022)
• The Free Lance-Star: “National Trust condemns Montpelier Foundation CEO after firing key staffers,” by Clint Schemmer (April 18, 2022) 
• NBC 29 News: “James Madison’s ‘Montpelier’ fires several long-time employees, who claim it was ‘retaliation,'” by Max Marcilla (April 18, 2022) (also appears in WHSV 9 News)
• Washington Post Live: “‘Capehart’ with James French,” (April 14, 2022)
• Richmond Times-Dispatch: “America’s Black museums decry Montpelier’s denying power to descendants of the Madisons’ enslaved,” by Clint Schemmer (April 6, 2022) 
• Richmond Times-Dispatch: “At James Madison’s Montpelier, ‘parity’ for the descendants of the enslaved as stalled,” by Michael Paul Williams (April 6, 2022)
• Washington Post: “Opinion: A slaveholding president’s estate faces a modern racial controversy,” by the Editorial Board (April 5, 2022)
• The Daily Progress: “Montpelier board at impasse with descendants committee,” by Hilary Holladay (April 5, 2022)
• Culpeper Star-Exponent: “Nation’s history professionals deplore move by Madison’s Montpelier to walk back partnership pledge with Black community,” (March 31, 2022)
• C-Ville: “In brief: Montpelier breaks promise, and more,” by Maryann Xue (March 30, 2022)
• NewsRadio WINA: “Montpelier Faces National Backlash From Montpelier Descendants Committee Dispute,” by Courteney Stuart (March 29, 2022)
• NBC 29 News: “Montpelier Foundation revokes Montpelier Descendant Committee from equal say,” by Andrew Webb (March 28, 2022)
• Associated Press: “Montpelier ends power-share with enslaved descendants group,” (March 28, 2022)(also appears in U.S. News and World Report, Richmond Times-Dispatch, NBC 12 News, The Virginian-Pilot, CBS 6 News, amongst others)
• The Daily Progress: “Editorial: Montpelier fights over who controls the slaves’ story,” (March 28, 2022)
• Culpeper Star-Exponent: “James Madison’s Montpelier disempowers slave descendants, breaks promise,” by Clint Schemmer (March 27, 2022)(also appears in the Free Lance-Star and The Daily Progress)
• Augusta Free Press: “Montpelier descendants challenge massive resistance to power-sharing agreement,” (March 25, 2022)
• Washington Post: “James Madison’s Montpelier strips power from enslaved descendants group,” by Gregory S. Schneider (March 25, 2022)

Statements from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Montpelier Staff

• Petition to support the Montpelier Descendants Committee and the Montpelier Staff
• Statement from the National Trust for Historic Preservation congratulating the Montpelier Foundation board on achieving structural parity (May 16, 2022) 
• Statement from the National Trust for Historic Preservation on the slate of nominees for The Montpelier Foundation board (April 28, 2022)
• Statement from Montpelier staff calling for the reinstatement of fired colleagues and full implementation of the parity agreement (April 23, 2022)
• Statement by the National Trust for Historic Preservation condemning actions taken against Montpelier staff (April 18, 2022)
• Protest statement from brave Montpelier staff who have been retaliated against by the Board, including being fired (March 25, 2022)
• Warning letter sent to the Montpelier Foundation Board from the CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation (March 24, 2022)

Organization Statements of Support

• American Alliance of Museums – AAM Statement on The Montpelier Foundation Board and Montpelier Descendants Committee 
• American Anthropological Association – Another Broken Promise
• American Association for State and Local History – AASLH Statement on Montpelier Board and Montpelier Descendants Committee
• Association for Living History, Farm, and Agricultural Museums – Montpelier Statement
• Association of African American Museums – AAAM Investigates Montpelier’s Decision to Strip Power from Enslaved Descendants Group
• Archaeology in the Community – AITC’s Response to James Madison’s Montpelier Foundation Board’s Actions 
• Archaeological Society of New Jersey – Statement of Support
• Council of Maryland Archaeology, Inc. – Statement of Support
• Council of Virginia Archaeologists – COVA Letter of support to The Montpelier Foundation 
• International Coalition of Sites of Conscience – Standing with Montpelier’s Descendant Community
• Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference – Statement of Support of the Montpelier Descendants Committee
• National Council on Public History – NCPH Statement of support for the Montpelier Descendants Committee and Statement on Termination of Montpelier Staff
• Orange County African American Historical Society – Public Statement Regarding Montpelier Dispute
• Preservation Piedmont – Statement to the Montpelier Foundation Board 
• President Lincoln’s Cottage – We stand with the Montpelier Descendants Committee
• Register of Professional Archaeologists – Statement of Support
• Society of American Archaeology – Statement of the SAA on the Recent Action by the Board of Directors of the Montpelier Foundation and Statement on Staff Dismissals 
• Society for Historical Archaeology – Statement to the Montpelier Foundation
• Southeastern Archaeological Conference – Statement in support of the Montpelier Descendants Committee 
• Virginia Association of Museums – The Virginia Association of Museums Releases Statement on Montpelier 
• Wakasa Memorial Committee – Letter of support