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Tag: Slaveholders
News Roundup
Towson University Removes Slaveholder Names from Dorms
Towson University has removed the names of two Maryland slave owners from dorms after the University System of Maryland Board of Regents allowed the school to rename them, The Washington Post reported. Paca House and Carroll Hall were named after William Paca and Charles Carroll, elected officials, slaveholders and signatories of the Declaration of Independence. […]
July 6, 2021
News Roundup
University of Cincinnati to Evaluate College of Arts and Sciences Namesake
The University of Cincinnati’s college of arts and sciences will review whether it should keep Charles McMicken’s name for the college after its student government voted to remove the name of the slave owning businessman who donated property and funding to the city of Cincinnati to establish an institution where “White boys and girls might be […]
December 13, 2018
Opinion
Observing the International Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade and of its Abolition
August 23rd, 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of the observance of the International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and of its Abolition by member states of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
August 22, 2018
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