Saturday, November 03, 2007

And the building is STILL named after him?

From the The UNC Virtual Museum:
"William Laurence Saunders is widely believed to have been the chief organizer of the Ku Klux Klan in Reconstruction-era North Carolina. In 1922, the university named its new history department building for Saunders, to recognize his later work as a compiler of historical documents . . . In 1869-1870, he became known as the chief organizer of the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina and Chapel Hill, though his connection with this secret organization was never formally proved and he was never tried for a connection with Klan violence."

And no one else finds it the least bit offensive that we still commemorate him by allowing Saunders Hall to continue to be named after him?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

We in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia find this very offensive.