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Tag: Confederate Army
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Virginia Middle School Renamed After NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson
Sidney Lanier Middle School – a Fairfax, Virginia middle school named after a Confederate soldier – has been renamed in honor of African American NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, ABC News reported. Lanier was a poet and Confederate private. Johnson was one of four Black women whose work with NASA helped pave the way for the […]
June 7, 2021
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Three University of South Alabama Professors Put on Leave After Racist Pictures Emerge
Three tenured professors at the University of South Alabama have been placed on leave after photos of them wearing and holding racist symbols at a 2014 campus event surfaced, CNN reported. South Alabama students started a petition –garnering more than 3,000 signatures – that call for their firing. The three faculty are Bob Wood, Alex […]
March 9, 2021
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Decision to Relocate Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson Statue to Civil War Museum Prompts Mixed Reaction
The Virginia Military Institute (VMI) is relocating a statue of Confederate Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson from its campus to another VMI property, the Virginia Museum of the Civil War.
December 11, 2020
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U of Alabama to Take Down Three Confederate Memorial Plaques
As the nation continues to ask itself tough and vital questions on racism following the death of George Floyd, the University of Alabama on Monday announced it is removing three Confederate memorial plaques from the college campus. The decision came a day after the Student Government Association at the university said it is talking with […]
June 9, 2020
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