A proposal is in the works to rename LSU’s Middleton Library and there is also a movement to rename even more buildings on campus. President of LSU College Dems Daniel Carpenter is leading the charge to change the name of eleven additional buildings on campus.
“Like Kirby Smith Hall, which is named after a Confederate General, I believe and also Lockett Hall is another one, it’s another Confederate Major. It seems like for some reason we have a string of Confederates on campus I don’t know why that is,” says Carpenter.
The organization posted a press release on its Twitter page with suggestions of whom the buildings should be named after, as opposed to those with confederate or racists backgrounds.
“It only makes sense to replace these racist and problematic names with the names of prominent black Americans and black LSU students who have enriched the culture of campus,” says Carpenter.
Carpenter says it is time for LSU to make the campus more welcoming and open, especially for black students.
“How would you feel if you were a black student and you were going to class everyday in a building named after person that would like to see you as a slave,” says Carpenter.
Governor John Bel Edwards says he supports the renaming Middleton Library. The Middleton family issued a statement opposing the name change and referred to their ancestor General Troy Middleton as a war her and a Louisiana icon.
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Reported by Brooke Thorington
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