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Tag: Ku Klux Klan
Social Justice
Pitt Diversity Forum Brings Together Higher Ed Stakeholders to Confront Systemic Racism
Over 12,000 educators and students around the world convened virtually this week to participate in the University of Pittsburghās Office of Diversity and Inclusion forum titled, āAdvancing Social Justice: A Call to Action.ā
July 30, 2020
African-American
Monmouth U to Remove āControversialā Woodrow Wilsonās Name From Building
New Jersey-based Monmouth University said it will remove the name of ācontroversial politicianā Woodrow Wilson from one of the main buildings on campus in an effort toward āensuring a diverse and inclusive community.ā Woodrow Wilson Hall will now be called Great Hall at Shadow Lawn; it was called Shadow Lawn when it was built in [ā¦]
June 22, 2020
News Roundup
Bethany College to Remove Name of Former Ku Klux Klan Member From Building
Amid a national reckoning on racism, Bethany College said it will remove the name of Robert C. Byrd, once a member of the Ku Klux Klan, from the health center on campus. Byrd was a Senator from West Virginia and was part of the KKK in the 1940s. He later had a change of heart [ā¦]
June 19, 2020
News Roundup
Gallaudet U Suspends Fraternity That Has āBecome the Face of Systemic Racismā
Gallaudet University has suspended a fraternity that has ābecome the face of systemic racismā in the campus community with its social media photographs of members doing what appears to be the Nazi salute and wearing Ku Klux Klan-like robes. News of the suspension of Kappa Gamma, the fraternity in question, broke after Deaf Vee earlier [ā¦]
June 12, 2020
HBCUs
HBCU Alabama State Starts Process to Remove Racist Names From Campus Buildings
The historically Black Alabama State University said it is getting ready to remove the names of people associated with racist organizations, policies or political activity from campus buildings in response to the death of George Floyd and other Black men and women who have been killed in racist encounters. University president Dr. Quinton Ross said [ā¦]
June 11, 2020
Opinion
Charlottesville Evokes Memories of the Sixties
I am a product of the 1960s and grew up in a Southern city. Segregation, separate but equal, we sat upstairs and they sat downstairs at the movies all happened during my early years. However, it didnāt stop us from believing and achieving.
August 16, 2017
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