West Point’s KKK plaque should be removed, commission says
by Martin Pengelly in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#634H9)
Panel is tasked with recommending which US military assets should be renamed, to remove associations with Confederates
A bronze plaque commemorating the Ku Klux Klan should be removed from the science centre at West Point, a congressional commission said, even though it falls outside the panel's remit because the racist terror group was formed after the American civil war.
The Naming Commission was established in March 2021, in the aftermath of the police murder of George Floyd and the protests for racial justice it inspired.
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