Jul 15, 2010

Building Names

     What I love about this only-in-Texas story is the fact that there apparently was some kind of opposition to changing the name of the dorm from that of a KKK organizer, and not just from his ancestors.

"The name change came after weeks of deliberations by an advisory panel and two public hearings..."


    The KKK was, and is, on the wrong side of America. Their activities are correctly recorded in history, but their leaders need not be honored on the facades of government funded buildings. Amazing how simple decisions are made difficult in a place of learning.

[Thanks for Executive Editor in charge of finding stuff, J.C., for pointing this one out to me!]
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  1. Jay CroftThursday, July 15, 2010 8:33:00 PM

    I would not be surprised if a search found buildings in Alabama's public and private schools (elementary, secondary and post-secondary) named for KKK folks.

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  2. Warm Southern BreezeSaturday, July 17, 2010 1:43:00 AM

    Former Alabama Governor Bibb "Graves was Grand Cyclops of the Montgomery chapter of the Ku Klux Klan when he took office..."

    Ref: http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_graves.html

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  3. Warm Southern BreezeSaturday, July 17, 2010 1:48:00 AM

    (I thought a wee bit of HTML couldn't hurt.)

    Former Alabama Governor Bibb "Graves was Grand Cyclops of the Montgomery chapter of the Ku Klux Klan when he took office..."

    Ref: http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_graves.HTML

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