MSU dropping name of Ku Klux Klan member from building [View all]
Source: ABC News
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State University is moving to change the name of a campus building after learning that it's named for a man who belonged to the Ku Klux Klan.
Stephen Nisbet's membership card from the 1920s was discovered at a library at Central Michigan University, MSU said.
The human resources building is named for Nisbet, who was a member of the school's governing board in the 1960s. He worked in education and business, and was chairman of the 1961 convention that produced Michigan's constitution.
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“While Mr. Nisbet’s dedication and contributions to the state of Michigan are significant, his involvement with the KKK cannot be ignored, and these activities directly conflict with the values and mission of Michigan State University,” President Samuel Stanley Jr. said.
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