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University of Alabama removes John Tyler Morgan's portrait from Morgan Hall
Posted on 12/18/15 at 12:49 pm
Posted on 12/18/15 at 12:49 pm
Portrait of Confederate general/KKK Grand Dragon removed from UA academic building
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The portrait of John Tyler Morgan has been removed from Morgan Hall.
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Posted on 12/18/15 at 1:01 pm to jatebe
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An article by history professor Thomas Adams Upchurch in the April 2004 Alabama Review says:
His congressional speeches and published writings demonstrate the central role that Morgan played in the drama of racial politics on Capitol Hill and in the national press from 1889 to 1891. More importantly, they reveal his leadership in forging the ideology of white supremacy that dominated American race relations from the 1890s to the 1960s. Indeed, Morgan emerged as the most prominent and notorious racist ideologue of his day, a man who, as much as any other individual, set the tone for the coming Jim Crow era."
Posted on 12/18/15 at 2:30 pm to CrazyCadillac
I am perfectly fine with renaming the building after another famous student.
The founder of Wikipedia would be great in my opinion.
But Lee statute being removed from Nola is a crime against true American statesmen.
The founder of Wikipedia would be great in my opinion.
But Lee statute being removed from Nola is a crime against true American statesmen.
This post was edited on 12/18/15 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 12/18/15 at 2:32 pm to cjared036
Ya discretion should be used. This guy doesn't seem to have much of a redeeming resume
Posted on 12/18/15 at 2:38 pm to jatebe
Took me a minute to remember where Morgan Hall was. Had one class there and can't remember seeing a mural.
Posted on 12/18/15 at 2:46 pm to pvilleguru
Is it the English building behind the library next to Bidgood?
Posted on 12/18/15 at 2:49 pm to The Spleen
It's the yellowish English building in the northwest corner of the quad.
Posted on 12/18/15 at 4:25 pm to pvilleguru
Yeah, I have no problem with this as an alumnus. It's probably smart to get ahead of any possible issue.
Posted on 12/18/15 at 5:22 pm to jatebe
the irony of making a black dude get up on the ladder, while two white dudes watch him remove an offensive symbol of white oppression.
Posted on 12/18/15 at 5:45 pm to jatebe
I'm guessing the name is next. The PC world is winning over common sense.
Posted on 12/18/15 at 5:59 pm to Sneaky__Sally
The SJWs may have point with this guy.
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