Historically black school renames hall honoring KKK leader

[groundloop]

Source: ABC News

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A historically black university in Alabama has renamed a dormitory that honored a one-time governor who also led a Ku Klux Klan chapter nearly a century ago.

Workers at Alabama State University removed the name “Bibb Graves” from a residence hall on Wednesday. The building had carried Graves' name since 1928, when he served as the head of a state government that constitutionally mandated white supremacy.

At least two other state schools also have renamed campus buildings that honored Graves, who was known as a pro-education, progressive governor despite leading a KKK chapter in the capital city. Klan membership was so large at the time that politicians used connections in the racist terror group to win votes.

Alabama State President Quinton T. Ross Jr. said the idea of replacing the building's name had been discussed at least as far back as when he was a student at the school, located a few miles from the Alabama Capitol.

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Later in the article it does say that Graves resigned from the KKK and renounced its violence in the late 1920's.

[magicarpet]

1. The Daughters of the Confederacy left their fingerprints here too ?

WTF ....

[OneBro]

2. First reading causes heart palpitation.

My first reading of "Historically black school renames hall honoring KKK leader" was that they were renaming the hall TO honor a KKK leader.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Hit Me That Way, Too

I went from "WTF" to "What took so long?" in about 2 seconds.

[groundloop]

4. Yep, that wasn't the most concise headline ever written.

[GulfCoast66]

5. Poorly written headline. But that is becoming so common.

[inanna]

6. Interesting.

"Klan membership was so large at the time that politicians used connections in the racist terror group to win votes."