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Tag: Slave Owner
News Roundup
Why Two Universities Won’t Change Their Slavery-Linked Names
James Madison University president Jonathan R. Alger said he is making a “strong recommendation” to the institution’s board to immediately remove the names of Confederate military leaders from campus buildings, and Nicholls State University has decided to remove similar names from its campus, but neither institution plans to change its name. Madison, the country’s fourth […]
June 23, 2020
News Roundup
University of Cincinnati to Remove Slave Owner’s Name From its College of Arts and Sciences
The University of Cincinnati (UC) board of trustees unanimously voted to discontinue the school’s association with the name of slave owner Charles McMicken, reported The Cincinnati Enquirer. Upon dying in 1858, McMicken donated his land to the city of Cincinnati, requesting that a college be built “for the education of White boys and girls” on […]
December 17, 2019
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