UNC History Commission Recommends Removal of 2 Campus Building Names

Posted Sep 19, 2020
UNC’s Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward voted unanimously to remove the names of Thomas Ruffin Jr. and Robert Hall Bingham from campus buildings due to their ties to white supremacy. At its September 10 meeting, commission members voted unanimously to recommend the removal of the names. (Chapelboro.com)

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