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UNC to rename building named after NC's KKK founder.

 
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UNC to rename building named after NC's KKK founder.
Because the history of the US is is Rainbows,Butterflies and Unicorns..
I don't really have a stance here other than the History of the period prior too during and after the civil war is severally skewed with lots of misinformation and its a shame that educators feel the need to shield the upcoming generations from the WHOLE truth of this era.
IE::First America slave owner was actually Black.
Largest slave owner in NC was black. etc etc
This is not in defense of the Klan or slavery at all. I just feel we need not destroy our nations story good or bad because some libtards get butt hurt.
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The Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill voted 10-3 Thursday morning to rename a building that, for more than 80 years, bore the name of a Confederate soldier and founder of the Ku Klux Klan in the state.

William Lawrence Saunders, an 1854 UNC-Chapel Hill graduate, served as a colonel in the Civil War and eventually went on to become North Carolina's secretary of state.

In 1922, UNC named the building, which originally housed the history department, for Saunders because he was instrumental in getting the state's colonial records published.

On Thursday, the board resolved to change the building name to Carolina Hall, saying that "the university made an error" in considering Saunders' Klan leadership as a qualification for the honor.

"The Klan was a violent terrorist organization," the trustees wrote in the resolution for the change.

Student and faculty activists showed up to the board meeting wearing #hurstonhall shirts, lobbying for the building to be renamed after Zora Neal Hurston, a famous black author and former UNC-Chapel Hill student.

"I'm very glad the Board of Trustees decided to rename the building, but I am very upset that they didn't listen to student activists who've been demanding that the building be renamed in honor of the first black student at UNC," graduate student Rachel Cotterman said.

Board members said they looked at several names for the building, including Hurston Hall, but they felt Carolina Hall was a unifying name.

Activists also were upset by the board's decision to put a 16-year freeze on renaming other campus buildings.

"It's a way of shutting down conversation and preventing this democratic process from continuing in the future," Cotterman said.

Board Chairman Lowry Caudill said UNC-Chapel Hill officials need to take time to develop a comprehensive approach to telling the full story of the university's history.

"If we are going to do curation and education, it's going to take time," Caudill said. "We have to develop the programs, we have to do the teaching, and then you have to see, is it working."

The Carolina Hall name change will be accompanied by a marker to be located on or near the building that explains who Saunders was, his role in state and university history and the changing politics that prompted the name change.
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Re: UNC to rename building named after NC's KKK founder.
The guy was a Democrat. Students should be rejoicing!
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Re: UNC to rename building named after NC's KKK founder.
The guy was a Democrat. Students should be rejoicing!
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You do know Chapel Hill is most democratic leaning city and county in the state?
They are shunning one of their own lol.
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Re: UNC to rename building named after NC's KKK founder.
It didn't copy/paste well but there are many buildings named after KKK KKKleagle Robert Byrd (D).

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Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center, Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia[6][9][10]Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center, Marshall University Graduate College in South Charleston, West Virginia[9][10]Robert C. Byrd Auditorium, National Conservation Training Center inShepherdstown, West Virginia[9][10][11]Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center, Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia[6][9][10][12][13]Robert C. Byrd Cancer Research Laboratory, West Virginia University inMorgantown, West Virginia[6][9][10]Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Shepherd University inShepherdstown, West Virginia[9][10][14]Robert C. Byrd Center for Pharmacy Education, University of Charleston inCharleston, West Virginia[9][10]Robert C. Byrd Center for Rural Health, Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia[6][9]Robert C. Byrd Clinical Teaching Center, Charleston Area Medical Center Memorial Hospital in Charleston, West Virginia[9][10]Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, Green Bank, West Virginia[6][9][10]Robert C. Byrd Hardwood Technologies Center, Princeton, West Virginia[6][9][10]Robert C. Byrd Health and Wellness Center, Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia[9][10]Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia[6][9][10]Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center Charleston Division, Charleston, West Virginia[9]Robert C. Byrd High School, Clarksburg, West Virginia[6][9][15]Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing (RCBI) Bridgeport Manufacturing Technology Center, Bridgeport, West Virginia[9][10][16]RCBI Charleston Manufacturing Technology Center, South Charleston, West Virginia[6][9][10][16]RCBI Huntington Manufacturing Technology Center, Huntington, West Virginia[9][10][16]RCBI Rocket Center Manufacturing Technology Center, Rocket Center, West Virginia[9][10][16][17]Robert C. Byrd Institute for Composites Technology and Training Center, Bridgeport, West Virginia[9]Robert C. Byrd Library, Wheeling, West Virginia[9]Robert C. Byrd Library and Robert C. Byrd Learning Resource Center, University of Charleston in Beckley[6][9][10]Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center, Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College in Moorefield, West Virginia[9]Robert C. Byrd Life Long Learning Center, West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia[10]Robert C. Byrd Metals Fabrication Center, Rocket Center, West Virginia[9][10][17]Robert C. Byrd National Aerospace Education Center, Bridgeport, West Virginia (affiliated with Fairmont State University)[9][10]Robert C. Byrd National Technology Transfer Center, Wheeling Jesuit University inWheeling, West Virginia[6][9][18]Robert C. Byrd Regional Training Institute, Camp Dawson near Kingwood, West Virginia[9]Robert C. Byrd Science and Technology Center, Shepherd University inShepherdstown, West Virginia[6][9][10]Robert C. Byrd Technology Center, Alderson–Broaddus College in Philippi, West Virginia[6][9][10]Robert C. Byrd United Technical Center[6][10]

CommerceEdit

Robert C. Byrd Hilltop Office Complex, Rocket Center, West Virginia[6][9][10][17]Robert C. Byrd Industrial Park, Moorefield, West Virginia[6][9][10]

CommunityEdit

Robert C. Byrd Community Center, Pine Grove, West Virginia[6][9][10]Robert C. Byrd Community Center, Sugar Grove, West Virginia[6][10]

GovernmentEdit

Robert C. Byrd Rooms, Office of the West Virginia Senate Minority Leader, West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia[9]Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse and Federal Building, Beckley, West Virginia[6][9][10]Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse and Federal Building, Charleston, West Virginia[6][9][10]Robert C. Byrd Federal Correctional Institution, Hazelton, West Virginia[6][10]

HealthcareEdit

Robert C. Byrd Clinic, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, West Virginia[6][9][10]Robert C. Byrd Clinical Addition to Veteran's Hospital, Huntington, West Virginia[6][9][10]

Recreation and tourismEdit

Robert C. Byrd Addition to the Lodge at Oglebay Park, Wheeling, West Virginia[6][9][10]Robert C. Byrd Conference Center (also known as the Robert C. Byrd Center for Hospitality and Tourism), Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia[6][9][10]Robert C. Byrd Visitor Center, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia[6][9][10]





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