University task force prepares to announce its recommendation on Davis statue controversy (TX) [View all]

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Published on July 26, 2015 at 10:18 pm
Last update on July 26, 2015 at 11:29 pm
BY JACKIE WANG, MATTHEW ADAMS

... When the statues were first proposed by George Littlefield during the early 1900s, they were to both symbolize the unification of the North and South and pay homage to Littlefield’s personal heroes. However, for Angelica Allen, African and African diaspora studies graduate student, the statues simply remind her of a racist past and honor racist men.

“They symbolize the history of Confederate history and intent of centuries of racial injustice,” she said ...

As the deadline for the committee’s recommendation approaches, the task force will need to compile options regarding the future of the statue ... Rotnofsky said the committee is considering recommending the relocation of the statues to the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, which Rotnofsky said would keep them on campus while preserving them for educational purposes.

“The Briscoe Center has a large collection of Confederate and Civil War documents, along with a huge collection of the University’s early history,” Rotnofsky said. “It is fitting these statues fit into their collection. This is an interesting point because <the statues> would still be on campus but they would be contextualized like we want.”

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/2015/07/26/university-task-force-prepares-to-announce-its-recommendation-on-davis-statue-controversy