Confederate Heritage

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• SOURCE: WLBT
  4/14/2022
  

  Former Mississippi Governor Slams Tate Reeves over Confederate Heritage Remarks

  Ray Mabus did not sign a Confederate Heritage Month declaration, a tradition which began with former Governor Kirk Fordice, whom Mabus also called "an overt white supremacist." 

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• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Ed
  11-14-17
  

  Scholars of Slavery Force a Public Reckoning

  As America confronts its past, historians are asking new questions, pushing colleges, corporations, cities, museums, and governments to account for their ties to slavery.

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• SOURCE: Yale Daily News
  4-26-16
  

  Poll: Majority of Yale students want Calhoun College renamed, but don't want to drop the word "master"

  A decision from administrators is expected soon. 

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• SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher Education
  1-8-16
  

  Removing Racist Symbols Isn’t a Denial of History

  by Christopher Phelps

  Across the world, campus symbols from the epoch of avowed white supremacy have come under sharp criticism from students and their allies.