UT strips Klansman's name from Austin dorm

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Source: Washington Post

AUSTIN, Texas -- University of Texas regents have stripped the name of a former law school professor and early organizer of the Ku Klux Klan from a campus dormitory.

The vote Thursday in Austin was unanimous.

The residence hall named after William Stewart Simkins will now be known as Creekside Residence Hall. The two-story brick building was constructed in the 1950s near Waller Creek.

Simkins, who was a Confederate colonel, helped organize the Klan in Florida after the Civil War. He taught law at Texas from 1899-1929 and gave speeches and wrote papers promoting the Klan and terrorizing blacks.

Regents also voted to change the name of Simkins Park, a small green space next to the dorm that had been named after Simkins' brother, Eldred Simkins, who served on the university board from 1882-1896.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/15/AR2010071502876.html?hpid=moreheadlines

[izquierdista]

1. One star, one bar at a time

Will I live to see the day when people won't be nostalgic for the mid 19th century treason? I don't think so.

[zipplewrath]

2. The senate should do the same

And remove Russell's name from the senate office building.

[47of74]

3. Good

Past time too.

[gratuitous]

4. But, but, but . . . HERITAGE!

Where are the Sons of the Confederacy when they're needed?

[YOY]

5. In the pig sty with their pants around their ankles "inspecting the pork."

Hey...you asked where they were...

[maglatinavi]

6. yoy

ROFLMAO!!! :rofl: :applause: :rofl: :applause: :rofl: :applause: