Virginia Tech concern over Confederate namesakes

[struggle4progress]

... The Roanoke Times reported Saturday that the university will form a committee to conduct the review. Virginia Tech spokesman Mark Owczarski said such an assessment was appropriate given the national dialogue.

Professor Biko Agozino said that the campus in Blacksburg has facilities named after slave owners. The professor of sociology and Africana studies said multiple students have expressed frustration over such buildings and spaces.

Collegiate Times, the student newspaper, reported that some buildings are named after men who fought for the Confederacy and went on to hold leadership roles at the university ...

http://wset.com/news/local/concern-over-confederate-namesakes-reaches-virginia-tech

[jcmaine72]

1. Hopefully the university will do the right thing and rename the buildings.

I'm sure therre are plenty of noteworthy people who graduated from Virginia Tech who didn't fight to keep their fellow human beings enslaved that they can rename the buildings in question after.

There shouldn't be a single building, outhouse or ditch anywhere in this nation named after anyone who served the Confederacy, perood.