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2/9/20
Remembrances, Race, and Role Models: The Renaming of a Middle School
by Frank P. Barajas
The new name of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, whatever it will be, should have a recognizable footnote so people can learn not only about the totality of Oxnard’s history but also its relationship with larger national currents.
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SOURCE: The Politic
9/18/19
Two re-namings, two defaults. How and how not to use history and public memory at Yale
by Jim Sleeper
“The real work for a place at Yale is not about the name on the building. It’s about a deep and substantive commitment to being honest about power, structural systems of privilege and their perpetuation.”
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SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
6/21/19
Bowling Green State Removed Lillian Gish's Name from Their Theatre Over Her Role in Birth of a Nation. Why Do Some Want the Name Restored?
A who's who of film -- James Earl Jones, Helen Mirren, Martin Scorsese, among others -- want the name restored.
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