After George Floyd, an unarmed Black American man, was murdered by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, during an arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020, many people protested against systemic racism, both in the United States and internationally. During the course of these protests, many monuments and memorials were vandalized or toppled by protestors, prompting those people who were in charge of other similar monuments to remove them from public view. Similarly, many names, mascots, and other controversial forms of symbolism were either changed or removed under direct or indirect public pressure. In other countries, race-related and colonial issues were also raised, and some of them were acted upon. In some cases, changes were already being planned or they had already been under consideration before the outbreak of the protests.
Color code:
Abbreviations used:
ES: Elementary school
HS: High school
MS: Middle school
TBD: To be determined
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| Sir Francis Drake HS | Archie Williams HS | San Anselmo | data-sort-value="US-CA" | CA | US | Sir Francis Drake High School was renamed Archie Williams High School for former teacher and Olympic athlete Archie Williams, after awareness grew of Francis Drake's involvement with the transatlantic slave trade, colonialism and piracy, along with his symbolic connection to the racist ideology of Anglo-Saxonism. | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] | |||||
| P. G. T. Beauregard Hall Leonidas K. Polk Hall | College of Science and Technology College of Education and Behavioral Sciences | Thibodaux | data-sort-value="US-LA" | LA | US | The Nicholls State University president announced the renaming of two buildings on campus named for people associated with the Confederacy who had no relationship to the university. | [6] | |||||
| Gladstone Hall | Dorothy Kuya Hall of Residence | Liverpool | data-sort-value="GB-ENG" | UK | The University of Liverpool announced that it would rename a hall of residence honoring prime minister William Ewart Gladstone, for "his views on slavery". | [7] [8] | ||||||
| Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design | School of Art, Architecture and Design | London | data-sort-value="GB-ENG" | UK | London Metropolitan University announced that the school's name would no longer refer to Sir John Cass, because of his links to the slave trade. | [9] | ||||||
| Jefferson ES Washington ES | Ruth Acty ES | Berkeley | data-sort-value="US-CA" | CA | US | The Berkeley Unified School District board unanimously voted to rename two elementary schools because of Thomas Jefferson's and George Washington's ownership of slaves. Jefferson ES was renamed after Ruth Acty, the first teacher of color in the Berkeley Unified School District, who dedicated nearly 50 years of her life to teaching. | [10] [11] [12] | |||||
| Von KleinSmid Center for International and Public Affairs | The Center for International and Public Affairs (temporarily) Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow Center for International and Public Affairs | Los Angeles | data-sort-value="US-CA" | CA | US | The executive committee of the board of trustees of the University of Southern California (USC) voted unanimously to remove Rufus B. von KleinSmid's name. Von KleinSmid was the fifth president of USC, an active supporter of eugenics and forced sterilization, and the only West Coast university president who refused to send the transcripts of Japanese American students who were released from World War II internment camps to colleges in other states. In November 2021, USC announced the building would be renamed in honor of alumnus Joseph Medicine Crow, an author, historian, and the last war chief of the Apsáalooke (Crow) Nation. The building was dedicated on April 11, 2022. | [13] [14] [15] [16] | |||||
| Durham Hall | Academic Center (temporarily) | Buena Vista | data-sort-value="US-CA" | VA | US | Southern Virginia University (SVU) renamed its primary academic building. Robert Lee Durham was a white supremacist who was a co-owner and former president of Southern Seminary, a predecessor of SVU. His advocacy of white supremacy was "explicit, public, [and] proactive". | [17] [18] [19] | |||||
| Schott Building Schottzie Stadium | n/a | Cincinnati | data-sort-value="US-OH" | OH | US | The Saint Ursula Academy leadership team decided to rename two of its facilities because of Marge Schott's "record of racism and bigotry." Schottzie was Schott's dog. | [20] [21] [22] | |||||
| Calhoun Honors College | Clemson University Honors College | Clemson | data-sort-value="US-SC" | SC | US | Clemson University removed the name of its founder John C. Calhoun from its honors college, for his pro-slavery views and his ownership of slaves. | [23] | |||||
| Intramural Center | William Leon Garrett Fieldhouse | Bloomington | data-sort-value="US-IN" | IN | US | The Indiana University Board of Trustees approved the renaming. The sports facility was formerly named "Wildermuth Intramural Center" after former trustee Ora Wildermuth, but due to his "extraordinarily strong opposition to racial integration," Wildermuth's name was stripped from the facility in 2018. Bill Garrett was the "first black basketball player to regularly play in the Big Ten conference". | [24] [25] [26] [27] | |||||
| Sir John Cass's Foundation | The Portal Trust | London | data-sort-value="GB-ENG" | UK | The foundation issued a statement announcing its commitment to a change of name. | [28] [29] | ||||||
| Sir John Cass Redcoat School | Stepney All Saints School | London | data-sort-value="GB-ENG" | UK | The school's governing body voted unanimously for a change of name. | [30] [31] | ||||||
| Louis E. Plummer Auditorium | Fullerton HS Auditorium | Fullerton | data-sort-value="US-CA" | CA | US | The Fullerton Joint Union High School District board of trustees unanimously voted to remove Plummer's name from the Fullerton Union High School auditorium. Plummer was a leader of the Ku Klux Klan. An online petition had amassed over 27,000 signatures. The Louis E. Plummer name was removed on June 19. | [32] [33] [34] | |||||
| J. J. Finley ES | Carolyn Beatrice Parker ES | Gainesville | data-sort-value="US-FL" | FL | US | The School Board of Alachua County voted unanimously for the name change. Jesse J. Finley was a Confederate brigadier general. The board unanimously voted to rename the school after Gainesville native Carolyn Beatrice Parker, "the first African American woman in the U.S. to receive a graduate degree in physics", and who worked on the Manhattan Project. | [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] | |||||
| Joseph Finegan ES Stonewall Jackson ES Jefferson Davis MS Kirby-Smith MS J.E.B. Stuart MS Robert E. Lee HS | Anchor Academy Hidden Oaks ES Charger Academy Springfield MS Westside MS Riverside HS | Jacksonville | data-sort-value="US-FL" | FL | US | The Duval County School Board unanimously approved the recommendation of the board chair to begin the renaming process. Joseph Finegan, Stonewall Jackson, Edmund Kirby Smith, J. E. B. Stuart, and Robert E. Lee were Confederate generals, and Jefferson Davis was the Confederate president. The name changes were aprroved in 2021. In 2013, the Board renamed Nathan B. Forrest High School to Westside High School. | [41] [42] [43] | |||||
| Daniels MS | Oberlin MS | Raleigh | data-sort-value="US-NC" | NC | US | Josephus Daniels was a newspaper editor and planner of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898 in which the biracial city government of Wilmington was overthrown by white supremacists. The middle school in Raleigh honoring him was renamed for its location on Oberlin Road. | [44] | |||||
| Woodrow Wilson HS | Eastside HS | Camden | data-sort-value="US-NJ" | NJ | US | The school superintendent cited "the segregationist views and ideas of the former president that ... have drastically reshaped his legacy" as the reason for the change. | [45] [46] [47] | |||||
| Aycock Residence Hall Carr Building Josephus Daniels Student Stores | McClinton Residence Hall Henry Owl Building Student Stores Building | Chapel Hill | NC | US | After the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill board of trustees lifted a ban on renaming buildings, the university's Commission on History, Race and A Way Forward recommended the removal of four names of white supremacists to the Chancellor. The board temporarily changed the names of Carr Building and Aycock Residence Hall to the Student Affairs Building and Residence Hall 1 respectively; it later voted to rename Residence Hall 1 after Hortense McClinton, the university's first Black professor, and the Students Affairs Building after Henry Owl, the university's first Native American student. | [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] | ||||||
| Walpole HS Rebels | Walpole HS Timberwolves | Walpole | data-sort-value="US-MA" | MA | US | The Walpole School Committee voted unanimously to change the school's mascot. More than 150 people participated in a rally for the change. Multiple Change.org petitions had called for the change, amassing over 14,000 signatures in total. | [54] [55] | |||||
| Lee Magnet HS | Liberty Magnet HS | Baton Rouge | data-sort-value="US-LA" | LA | US | The East Baton Rouge school board voted to change the school's name. It was formerly Robert E. Lee HS and then Lee Magnet HS. | [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] | |||||
| Galton Lecture Theatre Pearson Lecture Theatre Pearson Building | Lecture Theatre 115 Lecture Theatre G22 North-West Wing | London | data-sort-value="GB-ENG" | UK | University College London renamed two lecture theatres and a building named after eugenicists Francis Galton and Karl Pearson. | [61] [62] | ||||||
| Woodrow Wilson Hall | Great Hall at Shadow Lawn | West Long Branch | data-sort-value="US-NJ" | NJ | US | Monmouth University's board of trustees unanimously voted to rename the building, after voting to keep it in 2016. | [63] [64] | |||||
| Philip J. Schuyler Achievement Academy | Roots Academy at West Hill | Albany | data-sort-value="US-NY" | NY | US | The City School District of Albany announced that it would form a School Naming Policy Committee to create "a policy regarding the naming and renaming of district buildings and facilities" including that of this elementary school. Philip Schuyler was "the largest slave owner in late-1700s Albany County". | [65] [66] [67] [68] | |||||
| Stonewall Jackson HS Stonewall MS | Unity Reed HS Unity Braxton MS | Manassas | data-sort-value="US-VA" | VA | US | The school board voted unanimously to change the names. "Unity" reflected the desire of the community. Carroll Braxton is a Marine veteran of World War II and the Korean War. Celestine Braxton served Prince William County Public Schools for 33 years, and worked to integrate the schools when they were segregated. Arthur Reed was a security assistant at the high school for 20 years who "had a huge impact within the school community" and "loved his school and his students". | [69] [70] [71] [72] | |||||
| Christopher Columbus Family Academy | Family Academy of Multilingual Exploration | New Haven | data-sort-value="US-CT" | CT | US | The New Haven school board decided to rename the school, "due to [Columbus's] history of violence toward indigenous people." | [73] [74] [75] | |||||
| Robert E. Lee HS | John R. Lewis HS | Springfield | data-sort-value="US-VA" | VA | US | The Fairfax County School Board voted unanimously to rename the school and requested feedback and suggestions from the community. The board voted unanimously to rename the school after recently deceased civil rights leader John Lewis. | [76] [77] [78] [79] [80] [81] [82] | |||||
| Zebulon B. Vance HS | Julius L. Chambers HS | Charlotte | data-sort-value="US-NC" | NC | US | In June 2020, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board started the process to rename Zebulon B. Vance HS, named after Confederate military officer Zebulon Baird Vance. In October, the board unanimously voted to rename the school in honor of civil rights icon Julius L. Chambers, whose legal work led to the desegregation of Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools in the 1970s. | [83] [84] | |||||
| Marge Schott Stadium Marge Schott Seminar Room | UC Baseball Stadium | Cincinnati | data-sort-value="US-OH" | OH | US | The University of Cincinnati board of trustees voted unanimously to rename a stadium and a library seminar room named after Marge Schott, who made racist remarks in support of Adolf Hitler. | [85] [86] | |||||
| Deady Hall | University Hall (temporarily) | Eugene | data-sort-value="US-OR" | OR | US | The University of Oregon board of trustees unanimously voted to remove Matthew Deady's name from the hall. The hall was temporarily renamed "University Hall". Deady was Oregon's first federal judge, and advocated for racial discrimination against African Americans. Previous attempts to change the name had failed. | [87] [88] [89] [90] | |||||
| Pacific Beach Joint-Use Field | Fannie and William Payne Joint-Use Field | San Diego | CA | US | In 1945, over 1,900 Pacific Beach residents petitioned to remove Pacific Beach Middle School's first black teacher from the staff because they didn't think a black teacher deserved to be there. In 2021, a joint-use field at Pacific Beach Middle School was named after Payne and his wife after a petition was circulated in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement the previous summer. | |||||||
| Serra HS | Canyon Hills HS | In June 2020, two sisters, both students at Serra High School, started a petition to change the school's namesake Father Junipero Serra and the school mascot away from the Conquistadors. The San Diego Unified School District board would go on to unanimously approve the renaming of the school to Canyon Hills in March 2021. | [91] [92] [93] [94] | |||||||||
| Civil War | data-sort-value="US-OR" | OR | US | The University of Oregon and Oregon State University jointly decided to stop using "Civil War" to refer to athletic competitions between the two universities. | [95] [96] | |||||||
| Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs Wilson College | Princeton School of Public and International Affairs First College | Princeton | data-sort-value="US-NJ" | NJ | US | The Princeton University board of trustees voted to change the names because "Wilson's racist thinking and policies make him an inappropriate namesake for a school whose scholars, students, and alumni must be firmly committed to the scourge of racism in all its forms". Wilson opposed admitting African American students to Princeton, and introduced racial segregation into the U.S. federal civil service as U.S. president. He also was an avid supporter of the Ku Klux Klan, as in his book A History of the American People he is generally sympathetic to the group stating how during Reconstruction "the white men of the South were aroused by the mere instinct of self-preservation to rid themselves, by fair means or foul, of the intolerable burden of governments sustained by the votes of ignorant negroes and conducted in the interest of adventurers". Wilson also approved the White House screening of the film The Birth of a Nation, which glorified the Klan and led to its resurgence in the southern United States. | [97] [98] [99] [100] [101] [102] [103] | |||||
| Hoey Hall Lovill Hall | Dogwood Hall Elkstone Hall | Boone | data-sort-value="US-NC" | NC | US | The Appalachian State University board of trustees unanimously voted to support Chancellor Sheri Everts' plan to replace the names of the two residence halls. Clyde R. Hoey was a governor of North Carolina who was a segregationist and white supremacist. Edward Francis Lovill was a Confederate captain who "secured a bill that would ultimately lead to the creation of ... the forerunner of Appalachian State" while serving as a Democratic state senator in 1885, and was "the chair of the school's first board of trustees". He was described as a "Democrat of the purest type" at a time when the party "stood for a return to white supremacy and its associated policies". | [104] [105] [106] [107] [108] | |||||
| Hoey Auditorium | University Auditorium | Cullowhee | data-sort-value="US-NC" | NC | US | Western Carolina University's board of trustees unanimously voted to rename the auditorium. As governor, Hoey "...actively opposed civil rights legislation and favored racial segregation". He also opposed statehood for Hawaii because it had "only a small percentage of white people". | [109] [110] [111] | |||||
| Kroeber Hall | Names removed | Berkeley | CA | US | UC Berkeley denamed a building named for Alfred Kroeber, the "founder of the study of anthropology in the American West." Reasons given were the collection of Native American remains for curation and taking custody of a Native American genocide survivor who "performed as a living exhibit for museum visitors." | [112] [113] | ||||||
| LeConte Hall | UC Berkeley faculty members John and Joseph LaConte were Confederate military veterans who used scientific language to promote racist ideas. | [114] | ||||||||||
| Barrows Hall | UC Berkeley faculty member David Prescott Barrows was an anthropologist and colonizer of the Philippines education system who professed that the white race was superior to all others. | |||||||||||
| Watson School of Biological Sciences | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory School of Biological Sciences | Cold Spring Harbor | data-sort-value="US-NY" | NY | US | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's board of trustees voted to restore the original name of its graduate school because of James Watson's views on race. | [115] | |||||
| Burwell Hall | Queens Hall | Charlotte | data-sort-value="US-NC" | NC | US | The Queens University of Charlotte Board of Trustees unanimously voted to rename the main administration building. Rev. Robert Armistead Burwell was the first head of the Charlotte Female Institute, a precursor of the university. He was also a slaveowner who led a Presbyterian church that excluded slaves. | [116] | |||||
| Helms Center | Hawks Athletic Center | Murfreesboro | data-sort-value="US-NC" | NC | US | The Chowan University board of trustees renamed the facility, which had honored U.S. Senator Jesse Helms, because "positions taken by Senator Helms were not in keeping with the current mission of Chowan University". The history department called on the university for the change, stating that "it is now time to acknowledge the institutional racism Senator Helms embodied". The center was renamed for the school's athletic teams, the Hawks. | [117] [118] [119] [120] [121] | |||||
| Guy T. Gillespie Hall | Lakeview Hall | Jackson | data-sort-value="US-MS" | MS | US | Belhaven University's board of trustees renamed the residence hall. Gillespie was a segregationist and former president of the university. The renaming was supported by the Gillespie family. | [122] [123] | |||||
| Cass Business School | Bayes Business School | London | data-sort-value="GB-ENG" | UK | City, University of London announced that its business school would be renamed to strip the school's association with slave trader Sir John Cass. It was decided to rename the school after Thomas Bayes, a philosopher. | [124] [125] | ||||||
| Copeia (journal) | Ichthyology & Herpetology | data-sort-value="US" | data-sort-value="US" | US | The board of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists voted to rename the society's flagship journal, starting with its May 2021 issue. Scientist Edward Drinker Cope held racist views. | [126] [127] | ||||||
| Linnean Games (quiz bowl) | Entomology Games | data-sort-value="US" | data-sort-value="US" | US | The Entomological Society of America renamed its student quiz bowl. Carl Linnaeus, known as the father of modern taxonomy, had "named four 'varieties' of human and ascribed to them anthropological and cultural stereotypes that are inappropriate and offensive today". | [128] | ||||||
| Stonewall Jackson MS | West Side MS | Charleston | data-sort-value="US-WV" | WV | US | The Kanawha County Board of Education unanimously voted to change the name. Confederate general Stonewall Jackson was from West Virginia. | [129] [130] [131] [132] [133] | |||||
| Jenkins Hall | Education Building (temporarily) | Huntington | data-sort-value="US-WV" | WV | US | Marshall University's governing board unanimously voted to remove the name of Confederate general Albert Gallatin Jenkins from the building, and use "Education Building" as a temporary name until the board voted for a new name. | [134] [135] | |||||
| < | -- sorted alphabetically -->Ashby Hall Maury Hall | < | -- names ordered to match order of former names -->Valley Hall Justice Studies Hall Mountain Hall | Harrisonburg | data-sort-value="US-VA" | VA | US | The James Madison University board of visitors voted unanimously to change the names of buildings named for Confederate officers Turner Ashby, Stonewall Jackson, and Matthew Fontaine Maury. | [136] [137] [138] [139] [140] | |||
| Fanning Academy of Science and Technology | Falcon Academy of Science and Technology | Brea | data-sort-value="US-CA" | CA | US | The Brea Olinda Unified School District board unanimously voted to change the name after the Fanning family submitted a letter to the board requesting that the name be removed. William E. Fanning may have been a KKK member. The falcon is the school's mascot. | [141] [142] [143] [144] [145] [146] [147] | |||||
| Parkwood HS Rebels | Parkwood HS Wolf Pack | Monroe | data-sort-value="US-NC" | NC | US | The Union County Schools Board of Education voted to change the name and mascot. An image of a Confederate soldier had been removed from the school logo earlier after the NAACP called for its change. | [148] [149] [150] | |||||
| Stonewall Jackson HS | Mountain View HS | Quicksburg | VA | US | (reversed) | The Shenandoah County School Board voted to remove the names of Confederate leaders and change the mascots at two of its schools. The board had previously issued a resolution condemning racism. After three school board members running on a platform against teaching critical race theory in schools were elected, a motion to restore the Stonewall Jackson name lost on a tie vote. The school board voted to restore the name to Stonewall Jackson in 2024. | [151] [152] [153] [154] | |||||
| Ashby-Lee ES | Honey Run ES | Quicksburg | VA | US | (reversed) | The Shenandoah County School Board voted to remove the names Turner and Lee in 2020. The school board voted to restore the names in 2024. | ||||||
| < | -- combined because the renamings were announced in the same announcement --> Joe Jamail Field Robert Lee Moore Hall | Campbell-Williams Field Physics, Math, and Astronomy Building | Austin | data-sort-value="US-TX" | TX | US | University of Texas at Austin interim president Jay Hartzell announced that the building and the football field would be renamed. Robert Lee Moore was a segregationist mathematics professor who refused to teach Black students, was "hostil[e] toward the black community", and was "obsess[ed] with claims of intellectual differences among the races". Joe Jamail was a rich alumnus who made large donations to the university. Jamail's family requested the name change "to be more inclusive and promote diversity". | [155] [156] [157] [158] [159] [160] [161] [162] [163] | ||||
| Robert E. Lee ES | Delmas Morton ES | Grand Prairie | data-sort-value="US-TX" | TX | US | Grand Prairie Independent School District voted to rename the school. Delmas Morton served the children of the school district for nearly 45 years, including 17 as principal of Austin Elementary School. | [164] [165] [166] [167] | |||||
| Woodrow Wilson School | Harmony Grove Elementary School - A Global Academy | Framingham | data-sort-value="US-MA" | MA | US | Renamed due to Wilson's segregationist policies and racist foreign policies. The new name honors a local park with a natural amphitheatre that was used by the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society and an 1874 women's suffrage convention. | [168] [169] | |||||
| Lee-Davis HS Stonewall Jackson MS | Mechanicsville HS Bell Creek MS | Mechanicsville | data-sort-value="US-VA" | VA | US | The Hanover County School Board voted to rename the schools and change their mascots. Lee-Davis was home of the Confederates, and Stonewall Jackson was home of the Rebels. Lee-Davis had been founded in 1959 as an all-white school. A petition to rename Lee-Davis had amassed roughly 25,000 signatures. | [170] [171] [172] | |||||
| Jefferson Davis HS Robert E. Lee HS Sidney Lanier HS | Johnson Abernathy Graetz HS Dr. Percy L. Julian HS | Montgomery | data-sort-value="US-AL" | AL | US | (Johnson Abernathy Graetz HS, Dr. Percy L. Julian HS) N/A (Sidney Lanier HS rename) | The Montgomery County Board of Education voted to rename the schools. Sidney Lanier was a Confederate private who became a prestigious poet. A petition to rename the schools had amassed nearly 30,000 signatures. The planned name change of Lanier High School was canceled when the school board voted to merge Lanier with George Washington Carver High School in 2022; Lanier closed after the 2022–23 academic year. If a waiver to the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act was not granted, the district faced a $25,000 fine. | [173] [174] [175] | ||||
| Oñate HS | Organ Mountain HS | Las Cruces | data-sort-value="US-NM" | NM | US | The Las Cruces Public Schools board voted to rename the school, despite a community survey reporting overwhelming opposition to the change. One of a number of removals of references to conquistador Juan de Oñate from public spaces in New Mexico. | [176] [177] [178] | |||||
| Wilson HS | Ida B. Wells-Barnett HS | Portland | data-sort-value="US-OR" | OR | US | The Portland Public Schools Board of Education decided to rename the school. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson "instituted segregation in federal government agencies and was an ally of the Ku Klux Klan". Board members also supported renaming Madison High School before a planned reopening in 2021 after major renovations. In January 2021, the school was renamed in honor of Ida B. Wells. | [179] [180] [181] [182] | |||||
| San Antonio College Rangers | San Antonio College Armadillos | San Antonio | data-sort-value="US-TX" | TX | US | San Antonio College's College Council unanimously recommended to "immediately stop using the name, symbol, logo, and image of the 'Ranger'", which college president Robert Vela approved. | [183] [184] | |||||
| Thorndike Hall | Building 528 | New York | data-sort-value="US-NY" | NY | US | The board of trustees of Teachers College, Columbia University, voted unanimously to rename the hall. Psychologist Edward Thorndike was "a proponent of eugenics, and held racist, sexist, and antisemitic ideas". | [185] [186] | |||||
| Woodrow Wilson HS | Dakota HS | Fargo | ND | US | The Fargo Human Relations Commission unanimously voted to recommend that the Fargo School Board rename the school, which it did. | [187] [188] [189] | ||||||
| Robert E. Lee HS John Tyler HS | Tyler Legacy HS Tyler HS | Tyler | data-sort-value="US-TX" | TX | US | The Tyler Independent School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously to change the schools' names. John Tyler was President of the United States from 1841 to 1845, but joined the Confederacy after the start of the Civil War. | [190] [191] | |||||
| Peter Burnett ES | Aviation ES | Hawthorne | data-sort-value="US-CA | CA | US | Peter Burnett Elementary School was named after California's first governor. However, due to Burnett's racist history, the school was renamed to 138th Street Elementary School. At the January 25, 2022 school board meeting, 138th Street was given a new name: Aviation Elementary School. The renaming took place effective the 2023-2024 school year. | [192] | |||||
| Nott Hall Morgan Hall | Honors Building The English Building (temporarily) | Tuscaloosa | data-sort-value="US-AL" | AL | US | The University of Alabama trustees unanimously voted to rename both halls. Morgan Hall, which contains the school's English department, was named after John Tyler Morgan, a former U.S. senator. Morgan maintained ties with the Ku Klux Klan, called the abolition of slavery a mistake, and promoted Jim Crow laws. Nott Hall was named after Josiah C. Nott, a scientist, slaveowner, and advocate for slavery. | [193] [194] [195] | |||||
| Barringer Hall Lee Hall | Whitehurst Hall Hoge Hall | Blacksburg | data-sort-value="US-VA" | VA | US | Virginia Tech changed the name of two residence halls after a vote by the school's Board of Visitors. Paul Brandon Barringer was a former administrator and President of Virginia Tech who was known for his eugenicist and white supremacist views. Barringer Hall was renamed in honor of the first Black student allowed to live on campus, James Leslie Whitehurst Jr. Claudius Lee was a professor at the school who was listed as being the "Father of Terror" in a campus organization named the "K.K.K." in the 1896 edition of the school's yearbook, Bugle. Lee Hall was renamed after Janie and William Hoge, a notable Black couple in the area who had housed students denied housing by discriminatory practices conducted by the school in the 1950s. | [196] | |||||
| Sir John Cass's Foundation Primary School | The Aldgate School | London | data-sort-value="GB-ENG" | UK | The Cass Child and Family Centre, which runs a reception class alongside a nursery and children's centre at the school, also was renamed, as the City of London Child and Family Centre. | [197] [198] | ||||||
| David Hume Tower | 40 George Square | Edinburgh | data-sort-value="GB-SCT" | UK | Beginning of 2020–2021 academic year | Hume was involved in the slave trade and wrote in his essay "Of National Characters" (1753) that "negros" are "naturally inferior to the whites". The building is the tallest on the University of Edinburgh campus. | [199] [200] | |||||
| Vaughan Secondary School | Hodan Nalayeh Secondary School | Vaughan | data-sort-value="CA-ON" | CA | Vaughan Secondary School was a high school named for the city it is in, Vaughan, Ontario. It was revealed that Benjamin Vaughan, after whom the city was named, was a slaveowner. After consultations, the school was controversially renamed after Hodan Nalayeh, a Somali-Canadian journalist. | [201] [202] | ||||||
| Stonewall Jackson MS | Roberto Clemente MS | Orlando | data-sort-value="US-FL" | FL | US | The middle school, which was formerly restricted to white students, was renamed after Roberto Clemente, a Major League baseball player and humanitarian. | [203] [204] | |||||
| Trinkle Hall Maury Hall Taliaferro Hall Morton Hall Tyler Hall | Unity Hall York River Hall Hulon L. Willis Sr. Hall John E. Boswell Hall Chancellors' Hall | Williamsburg | data-sort-value="US-VA" | US | The College of William & Mary announced the renaming of multiple campus buildings previously named for various Confederate officers and/or segregationists. The former two were given placeholder names, while the following two were renamed for two William & Mary alumni; Tyler Hall reverted to its former name, after the chancellors of the college. | [205] [206] | ||||||
| Clive House | Owen House | Newport, Shropshire | data-sort-value="GB-ENG" | UK | The house in Adams' Grammar School, named after Robert Clive (instrumental in establishing British rule in India in the 18th century), was renamed for early 20th-century poet Wilfred Owen. | [207] | ||||||
| Sir John A. Macdonald Hall | Residence Hall West | Kingston | data-sort-value="CA-ON" | CA | Queen's University announced that it would be changing the name of its law school building, named after the prime minister Sir John A. Macdonald, for his participation in establishing Canada's residential school system and for instituting a head tax on Chinese immigrants. | [208] [209] | ||||||
| Colston's Girls' School | Montpelier HS | Bristol | data-sort-value="GB-ENG" | UK | A previous attempt to rename the school in 2017 was unsuccessful. The new name was decided in a vote by staff and students. Edward Colston was an English merchant and slave trader. Colston's School, a different school in Bristol, is also reconsidering its name. | [210] [211] | ||||||
| Pierce Library | EOU Library | Eugene | data-sort-value="US-OR" | OR | US | Eastern Oregon University removed the name from the library due to the racial views of Walter M. Pierce. The library had been named for Pierce and his wife, but he had ties to the Klu Klux Klan. | [212] | |||||
| Codrington Library | All Souls College Library | Oxford | data-sort-value="GB-ENG" | UK | The library was founded with a bequest from Christopher Codrington, whose wealth derived from slave plantations in the West Indies. | [213] | ||||||
| Clive House | Raphael House | Sandy Lodge, Hertfordshire | data-sort-value="GB-ENG" | UK | The house at Merchant Taylors' School, named after Robert Clive, was renamed after cricketer, rugby player and politician John Raphael, who died in World War I. Both were former pupils of the school. | [214] | ||||||
| Big Haus (residence hall) | Central | Purchase | data-sort-value="US-NY | NY | US | One of Purchase College's three first-year dormitories. Renamed due to "Big House" being slang for prison, which "disproportionately targets Black, Indigenous, and People of Color". | [215] [216] | |||||
| Dixie State University | Utah Tech University | St. George | UT | US | The name "Dixie", former Rebels mascot, and Confederate symbolism in logos long had been a source of controversy. Protests after Floyd's murder led to students seeking to drop Dixie from the university's name. | [217] | ||||||
| Patrick Henry HS | Camden HS | Minneapolis | MN | US | An advisory committee to Minneapolis Public Schools unanimously approved a name-change process for the school, which was named after the early American Revolutionary figure, Patrick Henry, who also owned slaves. The 2022 name-change decision was a contrast to a pre-George Floyd renaming effort that failed in 2018. The community recommended it be named for the Camden Community it was located in.The city school board approved the change in late 2023 effective for the 2024-25 school year. | [218] [219] | ||||||
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| (section of) 16th Street Northwest | Black Lives Matter Plaza Northwest | Washington | data-sort-value="US-DC" | DC | US | On Breonna Taylor's birthday, Mayor Muriel Bowser renamed two blocks of the street in front of the White House. | [220] [221] | ||||
| Lynchview Park | Verdell Burdine Rutherford Park | Portland | data-sort-value="US-OR" | OR | US | Portland Parks & Recreation and Mayor Ted Wheeler announced the change. Rutherford was a prominent local historian and civil rights leader. Centennial School District Superintendent Paul Oakley stated that there was no connection between lynching and the Lynch family, but the name caused "a disruption for some students". | [222] [223] | ||||
| Sir John Hawkins Square | Jack Leslie Square | Plymouth | data-sort-value="GB-ENG" | UK | --date of reporting of new name; may have occurred on June 10, 2020 -- > --> | The Plymouth City Council announced that the square would be renamed because of John Hawkins's links to the slave trade. It now commemorates the Plymouth Argyle footballer Jack Leslie, the only professional black player in England between 1921 and 1934. | [224] [225] | ||||
| King Leopold Ranges | Wunaamin Miliwundi Ranges | Kimberley | data-sort-value="AU-WA" | WA | The Western Australian government sought to hasten the name change in response to the removal of Leopold II's statue in Antwerp. The new name is a combination of the names given to the ranges by the traditional owners, the Ngarinyin and Bunuba peoples. | [226] [227] [228] | |||||
| Livingston Park | Black Lives Matter Park | Albany | data-sort-value="US-NY" | NY | US | The Albany Common Council unanimously renamed the park in honor of Juneteenth. The Livingston family was a prominent family in New York but owned Antiguan and Jamaican slaves. | [229] [230] | ||||
| Hemming Park | James Weldon Johnson Park | Jacksonville | data-sort-value="US-FL" | FL | US | The City Council voted to rename the park after writer and civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson. The adjacent monorail station was also renamed to match. | [231] [232] | ||||
| Stapleton | Central Park | Denver | data-sort-value="US-CO" | CO | US | The Stapleton Master Community Association voted to rename the Denver neighborhood named after former mayor and Ku Klux Klan member Benjamin F. Stapleton, for whom Denver's former airport, Stapleton International Airport, was also named. The community narrowed down the new name to four options: Central Park, Concourse, Mosley, and Skyview. The community selected the name "Central Park". | [233] [234] [235] [236] [237] | ||||
| Broad Street | Black Lives Matter Boulevard | Salisbury | data-sort-value="US-MD" | MD | US | City Administrator and Acting Mayor Julia Glanz stated that the inspiration came from the renaming of Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C., and executing the idea was inexpensive and took about two weeks. | [238] [239] [240] | ||||
| Lake Maury | The Mariners' Lake | Newport News | data-sort-value="US-VA" | VA | US | The Mariners' Museum board of trustees voted to rename the lake. Matthew Fontaine Maury was an oceanographer and Confederate officer. | [241] [242] | ||||
| Main Street | Black Lives Matter Way | Hempstead | data-sort-value="US-NY" | NY | US | During the renaming ceremony, Mayor Don Ryan stated that "until Black Lives Matter, the dream of the United States Constitution falls short of its mark." | [243] [244] [245] | ||||
| French: Place de l'Europe|italics=no | French: Place de la liberté et de la dignité humaine|italics=no | Dakar | data-sort-value="SN-DK" | On, the municipal council of Gorée Island unanimously voted to rename the square. The island itself is a symbol of the slave trade, and associations had demanded that the square be renamed as early as 2018. | [246] [247] [248] [249] | ||||||
| Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery | Oak Grove Cemetery | Lexington | data-sort-value="US-VA" | VA | US | The Lexington City Council voted unanimously to change the name and requested suggestions from residents. Stonewall Jackson was buried there in 1863, and the cemetery was named after him in 1949. The council unanimously voted to change the name to "Oak Grove Cemetery", subject to a public hearing, which confirmed the change. | [250] [251] [252] [253] [254] | ||||
| Columbus Park | Unity Square Park | Trenton | data-sort-value="US-NJ" | NJ | US | The mayor stated that the park would be renamed, stating that "what we know about Christopher Columbus simply makes his image a poor fit for a city that is diverse as Trenton". A statue of Christopher Columbus was also removed from the park. | [255] [256] | ||||
| Chapman Pond | Evans Pond | Tallahassee | data-sort-value="US-FL" | FL | US | The City Commission unanimously voted to change the name. Florida Chief Justice Roy H. Chapman "upheld segregationist policies". Dr. Charles Evans was president of the Tallahassee NAACP. | [257] [258] [259] [260] | ||||
| Jeff Davis Peak | Da-ek Dow Go-et Mountain | Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest | data-sort-value="US-DC" | CA | US | The mountain was previously named after Confederate President Jefferson Davis, who had no known connections with the state of California. The new name is derived from the Washo language and roughly translates to "saddle between points." | [261] | ||||
| Columbus Park | Prospect Park | Buffalo | data-sort-value="US-NY" | NY | US | The mayor and other city officials stated that the park would be renamed "with a name that better honors the contributions and sacrifices of Italian Americans". A statue of Christopher Columbus was also removed from the park. | [262] [263] | ||||
| Lee Square | Florida Square | Pensacola | FL | US | The Pensacola City Council voted unanimously to revert the square's name back to Florida Square. The council also voted to remove a Confederate monument in the square. | [264] [265] [266] | |||||
| Robert E. Lee Road | Unison Road | Houston | data-sort-value="US-TX" | TX | US | Harris County Commissioners unanimously voted to rename the road. | [267] [268] | ||||
| Jackson Park | Chochenyo Park | Alameda | CA | US | Alameda's first park was renamed after previously honoring former U.S. President Andrew Jackson. The City Council directed the Parks and Recreation Commission to propose new names, and a change to Chochenyo Park was made official shortly afterward. Chochenyo is the language spoken by the Lisjan Ohlone people. | [269] [270] | |||||
| Margaret Sanger Square | Name removed | New York City | NY | US | Planned Parenthood of Greater New York (PPGNY) announced it was "working with the Community Board, City Council and community" to rename the intersection of Bleecker and Mott streets outside its Manhattan Health Clinic. Margaret Sanger was a supporter of eugenics. The City Council had voted to name the intersection after Sanger in 1993, as PPGNY had moved a clinic to that location and advocated for the honorary naming. They voted to remove the street sign in December 2021. | [271] [272] | |||||
| Douglas Park | (Anna and Frederick) Douglass Park | Chicago | data-sort-value="US-IL" | IL | US | The Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners voted unanimously in an emergency meeting to rename the park, located in a 90% Black neighborhood. A 45-day public comment was required before the name change could be finalized. Stephen A. Douglas was "one of the country's most notorious slavery advocates". Frederick Douglass was an abolitionist born into slavery who ran a station on the Underground Railroad with his wife Anna Murray Douglass. | [273] [274] [275] [276] [277] | ||||
| Cassland Road Gardens | Kit Crowley Gardens | Hackney, London | data-sort-value="UK-ENG" | UK | Local residents decided on a new name for the park, which had been named after slave trader John Cass. It now honors Kathleen 'Kit' Crowley, who lived in the neighborhood for six decades and was described by those who nominated her as 'a role model for children of the Windrush generation growing up in the area'. She experienced poverty and racism in childhood, and growing up where survival often relied on the goodness of neighbours shaped her resilience and sense of community spirit. | [278] | |||||
| Roy G. Williams Park | Elliott Avenue Park | Sanford | data-sort-value="US-FL" | FL | US | The City Commission of Sanford restored the original name to the park. Roy G. Williams was a former police chief who once removed Jackie Robinson from a baseball game to enforce segregation laws and was also once jailed for forcing city prisoners to work on his farm in Georgia. The park is located on Elliott Avenue. | [279] [280] [281] | ||||
| Confederate Park | Springfield Park | Jacksonville | data-sort-value="US-FL" | FL | US | The City Council voted unanimously to rename the park, which is within the Springfield neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida. | |||||
| Mohrenstraße | Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße | Berlin | data-sort-value="DE-BE" | The of Berlin's Mitte district decided to rename the street, which uses a term considered to be a racial slur. Anton Wilhelm Amo is considered to be "Germany's first well-known philosopher and legal scholar of African origin". (See also Mohrenstraße U-Bahn station, below). | [282] [283] [284] [285] | ||||||
| Leopold II Tunnel | Annie Cordy Tunnel | Brussels | data-sort-value="BE-BRU" | Residents of Brussels submitted suggestions for a new name for the tunnel, after a woman. Following a vote, it was decided to rename the tunnel after Annie Cordy, a local singer. | [286] [287] [288] | ||||||
| Black Boy Lane | La Rose Lane | West Green, London | data-sort-value="UK-ENG" | UK | Residents and businesses on the street had been asked to choose a new name from a shortlist of two: Jocelyn Barrow Lane and La Rose Lane, after John La Rose, a poet, writer and political and cultural activist. The new sign was vandalised but restored. | [289] [290] [291] | |||||
| Rideau-Goulbourn Ward | Rideau-Jock Ward | Ottawa | ON | CA | Despite the misspelling, the ward had been partly named for 19th-century British politician Henry Goulburn. Due to his attachment to slavery, his part of the name was changed in favor of the local Jock River. | [292] | |||||
| (Part of) Havelock Road | Guru Nanak Road | Southall, London | data-sort-value="UK-ENG" | UK | The largest Sikh temple in Europe, the Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha Southall, is on this stretch of road. Virendra Sharma, the MP for Ealing Southall, had been campaigning to rename it since 1992. The road had been named for Henry Havelock, a British general associated with the Indian Rebellion of 1857. | [293] [294] | |||||
| Jeb Stuart Trail | Northern Edge Trail | Montgomery County | data-sort-value="US-DC" | AL | US | The trail was renamed to remove the name of the Confederate general J. E. B. (Jeb) Stuart. | [295] | ||||
| Henry Clay Park | Zitkala-Ša Park | Arlington | data-sort-value="US-DC" | VA | US | The Lyon Park Citizens' Association proposed the change to the Parks and Recreation Commission in 2020, and the move received unanimous support from the Historical Affairs and Landmark Review Board and majority support from the Neighborhood Conservation Advisory Committee. Secretary of State Henry Clay held abolitionist views but kept slaves. Zitkala-Ša was a Native American writer, musician, educator and activist who lived in Arlington and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. | [296] [297] | ||||
| McCarran International Airport | Harry Reid International Airport | Las Vegas | data-sort-value="US-NV" | NV | US | From 2012 on, there were calls to rename McCarran International Airport. It had been named after U.S. Senator Pat McCarran, who had a reputation for being anti-Semitic and racist. After the murder of George Floyd, the Clark County Commission decided to rename the airport after U.S. Senator Harry Reid. Reid apologized in 2010 for racist remarks he made about Barack Obama. | [298] | ||||
| Forrest Street | Barack Obama Boulevard | Valdosta | GA | US | Local activists called for the street to be renamed due to its association with Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general and founder of the Ku Klux Klan. Other residents opposed the change, citing city records that indicated the street was named for Elbert Forrest, a local African American business owner. The city council approved the renaming in favor of Barack Obama, the first African-American President of the United States. | [299] [300] | |||||
| Dight Avenue | Cheatham Avenue | Minneapolis | MN | US | A street in the Longfellow community was renamed for John Cheatham, one of the first Black firefighters in the city. It had been named for Charles Fremont Dight, a former city councilor and food safety proponent, but who had also advocated for human eugenics and praised Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. | [301] [302] [303] | |||||
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| State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations | State of Rhode Island | data-sort-value="" | data-sort-value="US-RI" | RI | US | An executive order by Gov. Gina Raimondo removed "and Providence Plantations" from official state documents and symbols. Leading legislators of the General Assembly then removed the phrase from internal legislative documents. Rhode Island voters approved the name change in a referendum on November 3, 2020. The same question had previously failed 78% to 22% in 2010. Though Providence Plantations did not utilize slaves, petitioners argued the word has connotations of Southern slave plantations, and that Rhode Island merchants historically played a large role in the transatlantic slave trade. | [304] [305] [306] [307] | ||||||
| Andrew Jackson Post Office | Susan A. Davis Post Office | Rolando, San Diego | data-sort-value="US-CA" | CA | US | Having received a petition, city councilor Georgette Gomez wrote a letter to Congress to support legislation changing the building's name. Rep. Sara Jacobs has called for "genuine community involvement in the naming process." On November 18, 2022, Jacobs introduced a bill to rename the post office co-sponsored by all 53 members of the California delegation of the US House. It passed by voice vote on November 29, 2022. President Joe Biden signed the bill into law on December 27. | [308] [309] [310] [311] [312] [313] | ||||||
| Two Independence Square | Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters | Washington | data-sort-value="US-DC" | DC | US | NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced that its headquarters building will be renamed after Mary W. Jackson, the agency's first female African American engineer. | [314] [315] [316] | ||||||
| -- remove this comment and the code following to remove the color once the change has been executed -- > style="background-color: #dff;" | Franklin Avenue President Street (train station)< | -- colors from http://web.mta.info/developers/resources/line_colors.htm -- > | Franklin Avenue-< | -- both the official press release and the mta web site uses a hyphen-minus -- >Medgar Evers College President Street-Medgar Evers College | New York City | data-sort-value="US-NY" | NY | US | < !-- 2020.06.25 -- > | Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the two subway stations in Brooklyn would be renamed to honor Medgar Evers, a civil rights leader, and Medgar Evers College.< !-- The press release describes the college as a "historically black CUNY college", but this description may be disputed, as colleges described as "historically black colleges" generally must have been founded before 1964, whereas Medgar Evers College was founded in 1970 – > | [317] [318] [319] – these stations appear to have been renamed on 2019.12.16, months before the protests, as further explained on the talk page--> | ||
| Lewis Cass Building | Elliott-Larsen Building | Lansing | data-sort-value="US-MI" | MI | US | Renamed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer via executive order. Lewis Cass was a Michigan territorial governor who "owned a slave; defended a system to permit the expansion of slavery; and implemented a policy that forcibly removed Native Americans from their tribal lands". State Representatives Daisy Elliott and Melvin L. Larsen were primary sponsors of the bipartisan Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act. | [320] [321] [322] | ||||||
| Mohrenstraße (U-Bahn station) | Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße | Berlin | data-sort-value="DE-BE" | The Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) initially announced that the station would be renamed "Glinkastraße" after a street nearby, as "Mohr" is considered a racial slur (see Mohrenstraße, above). The proposed name was criticized as its namesake, the composer Mikhail Glinka, was anti-Semitic. A final decision on the name has yet to be made. | [323] [324] | ||||||||
| Chicago Avenue from East 38th Street | George Perry Floyd Jr. Place | Minneapolis | MN | US | The City of Minneapolis renamed a two-block section of Chicago Avenue near its intersection of East 38th Street in honor of George Floyd. The area of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue is the location of the George Floyd Square occupation protest since 2020. | [325] [326] [327] | |||||||
| East Calhoun | East Bde Maka Ska | Minneapolis | MN | US | The neighborhood was named East Calhoun, after the formerly named Lake Calhoun (for Vice President John C. Calhoun), prior to August 2021. In the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd and greater awareness of racial justice issues, community members sought to change the name to honor the history of the Dakota people in the area. | [328] [329] [330] | |||||||
| George Perry Floyd Jr. Place | George Perry Floyd Square | Minneapolis | MN | US | The Minneapolis City Council on May 12, 2022, voted to approved a resolution by Andrea Jenkins rename "George Perry Floyd Jr. Place" as "George Perry Floyd Square". The section of Chicago Avenue from East 38th Street had previously been renamed for Floyd in September 2020. Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey approved the change on May 17, 2022. The area of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue was referred to colloquially as George Floyd Square. | [331] | |||||||
| Fort Pickett | Fort Barfoot | Blackstone | US | In commemoration of Colonel Van T. Barfoot. | [332] [333] | ||||||||
| Fort Rucker | Fort Novosel | Dale County | US | In commemoration of CW4 Michael J. Novosel. | [334] | ||||||||
| Fort Lee | Fort Gregg-Adams | Prince George County | US | In commemoration of Lt. Gen. Arthur J. Gregg and Lt. Col. Charity Adams Earley. | [335] | ||||||||
| Fort Hood | Fort Cavazos | Killeen | US | In commemoration of Gen. Richard E. Cavazos. | |||||||||
| Fort Benning | Fort Moore | Columbus | US | In commemoration of Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and his wife Julia Compton Moore. | [336] | ||||||||
| Fort Bragg | Fort Liberty | Fayetteville | US | As the only recommendation of a non-person name, this choice has attracted both criticism and praise in nearby Fayetteville. | [337] [338] [339] | ||||||||
| Fort Polk | Fort Johnson | Vernon Parish | US | In commemoration of Sgt. William Henry Johnson. | |||||||||
| Fort A. P. Hill | Fort Walker | Bowling Green | US | In commemoration of Dr. Mary Edwards Walker. | [340] | ||||||||
| Fort Gordon | Fort Eisenhower | Augusta | US | In commemoration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. | [341] | ||||||||
| Camp Beauregard | Louisiana National Guard Training Center Pineville | Pineville | US | Previously named for P. G. T. Beauregard. | [342] [343] | ||||||||
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| Buchanan Wharf | Barclays Glasgow Campus | Glasgow | data-sort-value="GB-SCT" | UK | Barclays Bank removed the name of the slave-owning Tobacco Lord Andrew Buchanan from its new property development after receiving a petition. | [344] | ||||||
| Colston Tower | Beacon Tower | Bristol | data-sort-value="GB-ENG" | UK | The former name was removed from the building's exterior four days after the statue of Edward Colston nearby was pulled down. The new name was voted for by the 20 businesses based in the tower; it mirrors the renaming of the nearby concert hall, Colston Hall, as the Bristol Beacon. | [345] [346] | ||||||
| Apple Buchanan Street | Apple Glasgow | Glasgow | data-sort-value="GB-SCT" | UK | Apple renamed its Glaswegian store because of Andrew Buchanan's connection to the slave trade as a tobacco plantation owner. | [347] [348] | ||||||
| Jefferson Area Builders | Charlottesville Area Builders | Albemarle County | data-sort-value="US-VA" | VA | US | The company stated that Jefferson's history of slavery and the changed political climate led to the name change. | [349] [350] | |||||
| Calhoun Square (shopping mall) | Seven Points | Minneapolis | data-sort-value="US-MN" | MN | US | Took its name from the former name of the nearby lake Bde Maka Ska, which was renamed in 2018 because of John C. Calhoun's support for slavery and Indian removal. | [351] [352] | |||||
| Darlie/黑人牙膏 | Darlie/好來(Haolai) | data-sort-value="" | data-sort-value="" | HK -- although controlling interest in the corporation appears to be in an entity based out of Hong Kong, the location columns for consumer products are currently more focused on the country that is the product's primary market rather than the location of corporate management --> | Colgate-Palmolive stated, "We are currently working ... to review and further evolve all aspects of the brand, including the brand name." Darlie's marketing and packaging features the phrase, 黑人牙膏, which translates into "Black people toothpaste" in reference to its former English name, Darkie. On December 14, 2021, Hawley & Hazel announced the Chinese name of the brand will rename as "好來" ("Haolai") from March 2022. | [353] [354] [355] [356] | ||||||
| Fair & Lovely (cosmetics) | Glow & Lovely (cosmetics for women) TBA (cosmetics for men) | data-sort-value="" | data-sort-value="" | (Glow & Lovely) TBA (untitled cosmetics for men) | Unilever announced that it would rename its skin-lightening cream and remove references to lightening and whitening. The new names "Glow & Lovely" and "Glow & Handsome" were announced, with the latter for the men's version of the brand. Emami threatened legal action, as it had renamed its own brand "Fair and Handsome" to "Glow and Handsome" the previous week. On April 11, 2024, the Calcutta High Court ordered Unilever to removed the "Glow & Handsome" products from shelves after Emami winning the suit. | [357] [358] [359] [360] [361] [362] [363] | ||||||
| Splash Mountain (log flume ride) | Tiana's Bayou Adventure | Bay Lake Anaheim | data-sort-value="US-FL" | FL CA | US | (Bay Lake) (scheduled) (Anaheim) | The Walt Disney Company announced that the Splash Mountain rides at Disneyland in California and Magic Kingdom in Florida would be renamed, with depictions from the controversial 1946 film Song of the South replaced with those from 2009's The Princess and the Frog, which introduced the first black Disney Princess. While the rebranding was planned for over a year, the public unveiling of the project was moved up earlier than when it was originally going to be announced. The announcement of Tiana's Bayou Adventure came on July 1, 2022, with the Florida attraction opening two years later; the date for the California opening was announced in August 2024 at the D23 convention. | [364] [365] [366] [367] | ||||
| Gen. Jubal A. Early (ferry) | Historic White's Ferry | Dickerson | data-sort-value="US-MD" | MD | US | The owner also removed a Confederate monument on the ferry grounds. Jubal Early was "a Confederate general and white supremacist who spent his life promoting the 'Lost Cause' mythology". Elijah V. White, a Confederate colonel, had purchased the ferry after the Civil War. He named the ferry service "White's Ferry" after his family, and named the ferry itself after General Early. | [368] [369] | |||||
| Squaw Valley Ski Resort | Palisades Tahoe | Lake Tahoe | CA | US | In 2020, management of the resort, known for being location to the 1960 Winter Olympics, announced that removing the slur in its name would be a "lengthy and expensive process" but that it is actively taking an inventory to find out how much it would cost pending a final decision in the future. The resort announced the change was done with guidance of the Washoe Tribe. | [370] [371] | ||||||
| Charleston Tea Plantation | Charleston Tea Garden | Wadmalaw Island | data-sort-value="US-SC" | SC | US | While there had never been any major outcries or backlash regarding the garden's original name, the Bigelows said they have always been sensitive to the fact that the word "plantation" carries significant pain for many in the country and throughout the world. | [372] [373] | |||||
| Red Man (tobacco) | America's Best Chew | Owensboro | data-sort-value="US-KY" | KY | US | Swedish Match announced that "Red Man" would be changed to "America's Best Chew" as its former name had since been viewed as a derogatory term for a person of color as it showed the head of a Native American wearing a headdress, which also removes the image as well. | [374] [375] | |||||
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| Arabian Joe's Baker Josef's Josephsbrau< | -- source apparently capitalized 'b' incorrectly --> Pilgrim Joe's Thai Joe's Trader Giotto's Trader Joe San Trader José's Trader Ming's | Trader Joe's | data-sort-value="" | data-sort-value="" | US | In 2019, Trader Joe's stated that labels which were using such variations of the "Trader Joe's" name were being eliminated, and "these designations do not appear on any new products we have introduced in the past two years". Many of the labels remained during the George Floyd protests, prompting a petition to rename the items, and another statement from Trader Joe's mentioning again that they were being eliminated, and being noncommittal about when the change would be completed. On, Trader Joe's reversed its stance, stating that they "disagree that any of these labels are racist", and that they would only decide on renaming a product "based on what customers purchase [and] the feedback we receive from our customers and [employees]", and not based on a petition. | [376] [377] [378] [379] [380] [381] [382] | |||||
| Sambo's (restaurant) | Chad's | Santa Barbara | data-sort-value="US-CA" | CA | US | Named for its founders Sam Battistone and Newell Bohnett in 1957. Formerly marketed using imagery from The Story of Little Black Sambo, which has negative connotations. Chad Stevens was the owner when the restaurant was renamed. | [383] [384] [385] [386] | |||||
| Bully Hayes Restaurant | Akaroa | data-sort-value="NZ-CAN" | CAN | NZ | The restaurant's owners announced that they would be renaming it because of William "Bully" Hayes's involvement in blackbirding in the Pacific during the late 19th century. | [387] [388] | ||||||
| Aunt Jemima | data-sort-value="" | data-sort-value="" | US | The breakfast foods company announced it was changing its name and imaging, noting that it is "based on a racial stereotype." | [389] [390] | |||||||
| Uncle Ben's (parboiled rice) | Ben's Original | data-sort-value="" | data-sort-value="" | US | Parent company Mars, Inc. stated that "now is the right time to evolve the Uncle Ben's brand, including its visual brand identity." Effective September 22, Uncle Ben's has been renamed to Ben's Original. | [391] [392] [393] | ||||||
| Beso de Negra (confectionery) | Beso de Amor | data-sort-value="" | data-sort-value="" | Nestlé announced that it would rename the chocolate-coated marshmallow treat and remove the image used on its packaging. Beso de negra means "kiss from a black woman". The packaging used an image of a black woman with bare shoulders and a colorful dress. | [394] [395] [396] | |||||||
| Eskimo Pie (ice cream bar) | data-sort-value="" | data-sort-value="" | US | Eskimo Pies were the brand name of a vanilla ice cream product dipped in chocolate. "Eskimo" has been criticized as a racist name for Arctic indigenous peoples such as the Inuit and Yupik. | [397] [398] | |||||||
| Redskins Chicos (confectionery) | Red Ripperz Cheekies | data-sort-value="" | data-sort-value="" | , NZ & SA | Being renamed by Nestlé. "Redskins" and "Chicos" have been interpreted as derogatory terms for Native Americans and Latin Americans, respectively. Just over 1% of Australia's population is Latin American Australians or Mexican Australians. | [399] [400] | ||||||
| Dixie Brewing Company | New Orleans | data-sort-value="US-LA" | LA | US | Owner Gayle Benson announced the plan to change the name and requested community input. Dixie is a nickname for the Southern United States, especially the states that formed the Confederacy. | [401] [402] [403] | ||||||
| Colston Arms (pub) | The Open Arms | Bristol | data-sort-value="GB-ENG" | UK | The pub was named after the coat of arms of slave trader Edward Colston. A new name (Ye olde Pubby Mcdrunkface) was deliberately chosen to start a discussion on August 30, 2020. On December 24, 2021, the pub's name was officially changed to "The Open Arms". | [404] | ||||||
| Eskimo (ice lolly) | O'Payo | data-sort-value="" | data-sort-value="" | announced the name change, made "in case it offended Inuit and other Arctic people". The term "Eskimo" has "a pejorative meaning for many Greenlanders". O'Payo is the name of the Nicaraguan cocoa beans from which the chocolate covering the ice cream is made. | [405] [406] [407] | |||||||
| Crazy Horse Beer and Burgers | Lucky Horse Beer and Burgers | Des Moines | data-sort-value="US-IA" | IA | US | Music-themed restaurant was named after Crazyhorse Guitars, formerly operating from that location, and Neil Young's backing band Crazy Horse, but was renamed to avoid comparison to Lakota leader Crazy Horse and any appearance of disrespect. | [408] [409] | |||||
| Coon (cheese) | data-sort-value="" | data-sort-value="" | While its owners have said in the past that Coon cheese was named after US cheese maker Edward William Coon, this assertion has been challenged, with no link found between the two. "Coon" is a derogatory term for black people, in Australia mainly referring to Indigenous Australians and African Australians. | [410] [411] [412] | ||||||||
| Zigeunersauce (condiment) | Paprikasauce Ungarische Art | data-sort-value="" | data-sort-value="" | Knorr, a Unilever brand, announced it would rename Zigeunersauce to Paprikasauce Ungarische Art. The term Zigeuner translates to "gypsy" and is generally considered offensive. The replacement name translates to "Hungarian-style paprika sauce". Other manufacturers announced similar plans. | [413] [414] [415] | |||||||
| Mahatma Rice | Name kept, image removed | data-sort-value="" | data-sort-value="" | US | Ebro Foods featured an Indian man wearing a turban and kurta as the packaging mascot. It was since removed from the packaging for imaging a South Asian stereotype. | [416] | ||||||
| Geechie Boy Mill | Marsh Hen Mill | SC | US | [417] | ||||||||
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| Dixie Regional Medical Center | Intermountain St. George Regional Hospital | St. George | data-sort-value="US-UT" | UT | US | Dixie Regional Medical Center Governing Board announced the name change, effective . | [420] [421] [422] | ||||
| Margaret Sanger Health Center | Manhattan Health Center | New York City | data-sort-value="US-NY" | NY | US | Planned Parenthood of Greater New York (PPGNY) announced it was removing the name of Margaret Sanger from its Manhattan clinic because of her support for eugenics. Karen Seltzer, PPGNY board chair, cited Sanger's "racist legacy" as a reason for the removal. Defenders, including historian Linda Gordon, claimed that Sanger was "no more racist than many progressives of her time". | [423] [424] [425] [426] | ||||
| Carilion Stonewall Jackson Hospital | Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital | Lexington | data-sort-value="US-VA" | VA | US | Carilion Clinic announced it had obtained full ownership of the hospital, and would rename the hospital "follow[ing] the naming convention it uses for all other facilities ... to reflect the region it serves" once the "necessary regulations are met". | [427] [428] [429] | ||||
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| Captain Cook Hotel | Dive | Dunedin | data-sort-value="NZ-OTA" | NZ | The owners announced that they would be changing the name in response both to Captain James Cook's controversial legacy among Māori and to the Black Lives Matter protests sparked by George Floyd's murder. | [430] [431] [432] | |||||
| Stonewall Jackson Hotel | Hotel 24 South | Staunton | data-sort-value="US-VA" | VA | US | Hotel owner renamed the hotel (named after Confederate general Stonewall Jackson). | [433] [434] | ||||
| Stonewall Jackson Inn | Harrisonburg | data-sort-value="US-VA" | VA | US | Owners had purchased the bed and breakfast in 2019 intending to change the name and carried out the name change in September 2020. | [435] [436] | |||||
| Robert E. Lee Hotel Sheridan Livery Inn | Tonic | Lexington | data-sort-value="US-VA" | VA | US | Both buildings are owned by the same family, who chose the names so that they could be referred to as "The Gin and Tonic". | [437] [438] [439] | ||||
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| Colston Hall | Bristol Beacon | Bristol | data-sort-value="GB-ENG" | UK | Bristol Music Trust announced that the venue, located near the statue that was famously toppled on June 8, would be renamed; it described this as "a fresh start for the organisation and its place in the city". There had been plans to rename the venue since 2017. | [440] [441] | |||||
| Lady Antebellum (band) | Nashville | data-sort-value="US-TN" | TN | US | U.S. country music band changed its name because of its association with slavery. African American singer Anita White, who had been using the name professionally for over 20 years, was unhappy with the change, stating, "It's an opportunity for them to pretend they're not racist or pretend this means something to them. If it did, they would've done some research." On July 8, the band filed a lawsuit against the singer. | [442] [443] [444] | |||||
| One Little Indian Records | London | data-sort-value="GB-ENG" | UK | With the name change that the company announced they would donate money towards organizations which promote and assist Native American communities in North America. In a written statement, founder David Birkett explained. "The last few weeks have been a monumental learning curve ... Following the receipt of an eye-opening letter from a Crass fan that detailed precisely why the logo and label name are offensive, as well as the violent history of the terminology, I felt equally appalled and grateful to them for making me understand what must be changed." | [445] [446] | ||||||
| Dixie Chicks (band) | < | -- their own site uses "The Chicks", including a capitalized "T" --> | Dallas | data-sort-value="US-TX" | TX | US | U.S. country music band changed their name to "The Chicks". The word "Dixie" is a nickname for the Southern United States, especially those states that seceded to form the Confederate States of America; it is part of the culture of the American South. The name change followed criticism that the word had negative connotations of American slavery. | [447] [448] [449] | |||
| Slaves (band) | Sacramento | data-sort-value="US-CA" | CA | US | Band members announced that their upcoming album To Better Days would be the last they would release under their current name. In a statement, they said "As obstinate supporters of the BLM Movement, we cannot continue to tie our music and our positive message to a word associated with such negative weight and hurt." On October 15, 2021, the band announced that they had changed their name to Rain City and signed to independent record label Thriller Records. However, the band later opted to be known as Rain City Drive. | [450] [451] | |||||
(disc jockey) | Louisville | data-sort-value="US-KY" | KY | US | The American DJ announced the change to her stage name after a petition that said "a white woman calling herself 'black' is highly problematic". The original name was chosen as "a reflection of [her] family's lifelong and profound Catholic devotion to a specific kind of European icon of the Virgin Mary which is dark in hue". | [452] | |||||
| Joey Negro (disc jockey) | Isle of Wight | data-sort-value="GB-ENG" | UK | The English DJ announced the change a day after fellow disc jockey 'The Black Madonna', Lee admitted he had "not felt comfortable with the name Joey Negro for a while, especially as I've got older". | [453] [454] | ||||||
| Spirit Animal (band) | Record Heat | Brooklyn | data-sort-value="US-NY" | NY | US | August, 2020 | August, 2020 | ||||
| Mulatto (rapper) | Latto | Atlanta | data-sort-value="US-GA" | GA | US | Rapper announced stage name change because of the controversy of the "Mulatto" term being deemed as colorist. | [455] [456] | ||||
| Eskimo Callboy (band) | Electric Callboy | Castrop-Rauxel | data-sort-value="DE-NRW" | The German metalcore band announced that they were taking time to "think about [their] name" and that they had deleted several old songs due to offensive and discriminatory lyrics via a post on their Instagram profile. On March 9, 2022, they announced that they would be called Electric Callboy from now on. | [457] [458] | ||||||
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| Washington Redskins | Washington Football Team (temporarily) Washington Commanders | Landover | data-sort-value="US-MD" | MD | US | Feb 2, 2022 | See main article: Washington Redskins name controversy. On July 1, 2020, a group of investors worth $620 billion had written letters to Nike, FedEx and PepsiCo asking them to stop their support of the NFL until the Washington Redskins changed their name. On July 23, 2020, the Washington Football Team was adopted as the club's temporary name. The team played under that until a full rebrand as the "Commanders" was announced on February 2, 2022. The team also renamed the lower level of FedExField to honor Bobby Mitchell, one of three African Americans who joined the team in 1962 when the team first integrated and was later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Founding owner George Preston Marshall was against integration, and his team was the last NFL team to integrate. | [459] [460] [461] [462] [463] [464] [465] [466] | ||
| Edmonton Eskimos | Edmonton Football Team (temporarily) Edmonton Elks | Edmonton | data-sort-value="CA-AB" | AB | CA | Jun 1, 2021 | On, the Edmonton Football Team announced that their board of directors decided to discontinue the use of the old name, as Eskimo is considered a derogatory name for indigenous Alaskans and Canadians. Belairdirect, a longtime sponsor, announced earlier that month that it would cut ties with the team if the name was not changed. On June 1, 2021, it was formally announced that the new team name would be the Edmonton Elks. | [467] [468] [469] [470] [471] | ||
| Kenesaw Mountain Landis Award | TBD | US | TBD | The Baseball Writers' Association of America announced that the most valuable player awards presented annually in Major League Baseball would no longer carry the name of the first commissioner of MLB. Landis, who served from 1920 to 1944, resisted efforts to integrate both Major League and Minor League Baseball. A number of past MVPs, including Barry Larkin, Mike Schmidt, and Terry Pendleton, objected to continued use of Landis' name. The BBWAA announced its decision after 89% of its members voted for the change. | [472] | |||||
| Cleveland Indians | Cleveland Guardians | Cleveland | data-sort-value="US-OH" | OH | US | See main article: Cleveland Indians name and logo controversy. The team announced that they would be reviewing their name to "embrace [their] responsibility to advance social justice and equality."On December 14, 2020, they announced they would be retiring the Indians branding. On July 23, 2021, they announced the new name to be the Cleveland Guardians; the name change was officially completed on November 19, 2021. | [473] [474] [475] [476] | |||
| J. G. Taylor Spink Award | BBWAA Career Excellence Award | US | For the second time since Floyd's murder, the BBWAA changed the name of an award due to revelations of racist conduct involving an honoree. This time, it affected the award presented for lifetime achievement in writing about baseball. Spink, who published the Sporting News from 1914 to 1962, used "racist language, ugly stereotypes, and derogatory portrayals" of Negro League players and other African-Americans. The name change received 97% support among the association's members. | [477] | ||||||
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| slaves (script) | dm-deps | OpenZFS (storage platform) | Developer Matt Ahrens, co-creator of ZFS, updated the code to "[r]emove unnecessary references to slavery". The abbreviation "dm" stands for "device-mapper" and "deps" for "dependents". | [478] [479] [480] [481] | |||||
| master | main | GitHub | GitHub CEO Nat Friedman announced they were working on the change. Developer Petr Baudiš, self-described "clueless Central European youngster [in 2005] whose command of English was mostly illusory", stated that he chose the term to "express 'this is where you cloned this repo[sitory] from'", as in "master recording". | [482] [483] [484] [485] [486] [487] | |||||
| master | master sommelier | Court of Master Sommeliers, Americas | Court of Master Sommeliers, Americas (CMS-A) issued a statement "in solidarity with the Black community" that implied collaboration with Hue Society, without the knowledge of Hue Society Founder Tahiirah Habibi. Habibi then posted a video denying any collaboration and explaining her experiences with CMS-A, including seeing her dream to become "the first black woman to attain [Master Sommelier] status" be shattered after her CMS-A testing experience, which included the requirement that master sommeliers be addressed as "master". | [488] [489] [490] [491] | |||||
| master bedroom master bathroom | primary bedroom primary bathroom | Houston Association of Realtors | Change was made on its property listing database, but "did not constitute a ban on the use of the word 'master'", which can still be used on marketing materials. | [492] | |||||
| master bedroom master bathroom | main bedroom main bathroom | GetBurbed | GetBurbed is a real estate brokerage firm in Chicago. | [493] | |||||
| master slave blacklist whitelist < | -- in order listed in announcement --> | source or primary replica or secondary blocklist allowlist < | -- in order listed in announcement --> | MySQL (RDBMS) | Product manager Kenny Gryp announced that the change was being implemented and would be reflected in future releases. | [494] [495] [496] | |||
| master slave blacklist whitelist < | -- in order listed in documentation update --> | various | Linux (operating system) | Principal engineer Linus Torvalds added to the coding style documentation a recommendation to "avoid introducing new usage" of such terminology. | [497] [498] [499] | ||||
| Eskimo Nebula Siamese Twins Galaxy | NGC 2392 NGC 4567 and NGC 4568 | NASA | NASA announced that it was reviewing the unofficial terminology it has used for celestial objects in order to determine if any are "not only insensitive, but can be actively harmful". For terminology it has deemed inappropriate, official designations determined by the International Astronomical Union would be used. Two nicknames had been determined as inappropriate at the time of NASA's announcement. | [500] [501] | |||||
| McCown's longspur | thick-billed longspur | American Ornithological Society | The North American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society changed the name of the bird to "thick-billed longspur", which is a literal translation of its genus name, Rhynchophanes, following Black Birder's Week and the Bird Names for Birds campaign. John P. McCown was a general for the Confederate army, took part in the forced relocation of Native American tribes in the 1840s, and fought in the Seminole Wars. | [502] [503] [504] [505] [506] [507] | |||||
| chosen freeholder | county commissioner | State of (US state) | Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation to change the name of the governing bodies at the county level in the state. Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver, an African-American woman who was once a freeholder herself, said that the term "refers to a time when only white male landowners could hold public office". | [508] [509] |
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| USCGC Taney (museum ship) | WHEC-37 | Baltimore | data-sort-value="US-MD" | MD | US | Living Classrooms Foundation, the ship's steward, has removed the previous name from the United States Coast Guard Cutter, and it is now referred to by its hull identification number, WHEC-37. Roger B. Taney was a Chief Justice of the United States who authored the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford, declaring that all African Americans were not, and could not become, American citizens, regardless of whether they were enslaved or not. | [510] [511] [512] | |||||
| Plimoth Plantation | Plimoth Patuxet | Plymouth | data-sort-value="US-MA" | MA | US | Plimoth Plantation announced a change of name for its 400th anniversary, and is using "Plimoth Patuxet" on its interim logo. | [513] [514] [515] | |||||
| T. T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum | Pensacola Museum of History at the University of West Florida | Pensacola | data-sort-value="US-FL" | FL | US | University of West Florida Historic Trust planned to change the name after learning that Wentworth was "the leader of the Ku Klux Klan in Escambia County". Wentworth had become an Exalted Cyclops in 1925, and the collection of memorabilia he donated to the state in 1983 eventually became the museum that was named after him in 1988. On March 18, 2021, the UWF Historic Trust board voted to change the name of the museum in a 5–4 decision with a new name "Pensacola Museum of History at the University of West Florida". | [516] [517] [518] [519] | |||||
| San Diego Museum of Man | Museum of Us < | -- it appears "San Diego" was also dropped --> | San Diego | data-sort-value="US-CA" | CA | US | On, the board of trustees approved the name change. The new name was chosen to "better reflect [<!-- opening square bracket here should be placed immediately after the 't' because the original text used the word "reflects" --> the museum's] work towards equity, inclusion, and decolonization". | [520] [521] [522] | ||||
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| various | Lagos | data-sort-value="NG-LA" | The Lagos State House of Assembly unanimously passed a motion to call on Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu "to direct the Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture to liaise with the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice to look at the Listed Sites (Prevention) Law, 2015" with the intention of removing references of colonialism and the slave trade. Floyd's murder and the removal of the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol were explicitly referenced. | [523] [524] [525] | |||||
| Hibbert Street | Luton | data-sort-value="GB-ENG" | UK | Luton Borough Council decided to change the name of a street named after Robert Hibbert, a wealthy slave owner who "set up 12 cottages in Castle Street as a charity for poor widows" that were later replaced by almshouses on the street that bears his name. Consultation with the street's residents, required by local law, has been planned to start in the coming weeks. | [526] | ||||
| Tillman Hall | Old Main | Clemson | data-sort-value="US-SC" | SC | US | Clemson University Board of Trustees decided to rename one of their buildings. "Pitchfork" Ben Tillman was a "governor and white supremacist" who "used virulent racism to dominate South Carolina politics". The Heritage Act requires two-thirds approval from South Carolina General Assembly to rename the building. | [527] [528] | ||
| J. Marion Sims | Columbia | data-sort-value="US-SC" | SC | US | President of University of South Carolina endorsed a resolution to rename J. Marion Sims residence hall. Sims "performed hundreds of medical experimentations on enslaved African American women". Board of Trustees approved unanimously. The Heritage Act requires two-thirds approval from South Carolina General Assembly to rename the building. | [529] [530] | |||
| Robert E. Lee Road | Buffalo Soldier Road | El Paso | data-sort-value="US-TX" | TX | US | City Council voted unanimously for the change. Must be reviewed by Development Coordinating Committee and approved by City Plan Commission before returning to City Council for another approval. Buffalo Soldiers were "the first Black professional soldiers to serve during peacetime". | [531] | ||
| John C. Calhoun Drive | Orangeburg | data-sort-value="US-SC" | SC | US | Orangeburg City Council voted unanimously to rename the road. The Heritage Act requires two-thirds approval from South Carolina General Assembly to rename the road. | [532] | |||
| Jordan Hall Jordan River Jordan Avenue Jordan David Starr Jordan Prize possibly others | Bloomington | data-sort-value="US-IN" | IN | US | The president of Indiana University formed a committee to review sites and awards named for David Starr Jordan, a former university president and prominent supporter of eugenics. The committee was also tasked with reviewing "all buildings on the nine [Indiana University] campuses and remov[ing] names of anyone whose statements and writings are judged unworthy of the recognition". | [533] [534] | |||
| Clarence Cook Little Hall | Orono | data-sort-value="US-ME" | ME | US | The president of the University of Maine announced on June 29 that he would request that the University of Maine System Board of Trustees remove the name of C. C. Little, the founder of the American Eugenics Society, from a lecture hall. | [535] [536] [537] | |||
| Washington and Lee University | Lexington | data-sort-value="US-VA" | VA | US | Rector of the Board of Trustees reported that "a committee of the board would embark on a review of the symbols and name of the university". Faculty had formally requested the trustees to remove Lee's name the previous day, and student government had requested the change the previous week. On June 4, 2021, after 11 months of deliberation, the committee voted 22-6 to keep the name.[538] | [539] | |||
| Columbus Park | Piazza Italia Park | San Antonio | data-sort-value="US-TX" | TX | US | San Antonio's City Council was scheduled to vote on the renaming on . A statue of Columbus was removed from the park on after it was vandalized. | [540] | ||
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| Dundas Street | Toronto | data-sort-value="CA-ON" | ON | On, Toronto mayor John Tory stated that a working group would be formed "to examine the issue of renaming streets" in response to a petition about the street named after Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville. The proposal also received support from Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath. Dundas allegedly prolonged Britain's involvement in slavery by 15 years as he had "made himself the champion of 'gradual' abolition of the slave trade". The city's final report, published in, supported renaming the street. The city's process also sparked reviews of the use of the Dundas name in other areas of the province, including Mississauga, London and Hamilton. On, the City of Toronto's executive committee unanimously supported the renaming of Dundas Street. | [541] [542] [543] [544] [545] [546] [547] | |||
| various | London | data-sort-value="GB-ENG" | UK | London mayor Sadiq Khan announced that street names in London with links to slavery are being reviewed. | [548] | |||
| Colville Street | A petition calling on the government to remove the names of several British colonial figures was presented to parliament by lawyer Apollo Makubuya, former Principal Judge James Ogoola, and Member of Parliament Medard< | -- source states "Merdard", which is almost certainly a typo --> Segona. Makubuya explained "our petition has been given a new momentum" because of the George Floyd protests. Speaker Rebecca Kadaga announced plans to convene a task force for the renaming and Kampala lord mayor Erias Lukwago described the motivation as "removing the names of dictators and people who committed crimes against humanity from our streets". | [549] [550] [551] [552] | |||||
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| Jefferson Davis Parkway | Norman C. Francis Parkway | New Orleans | LA | US | Both petitions were created by the Vice Chairman of New Orleans' Regional Transit Authority. | [553] | ||
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| Muskego Post Office | Colonel Hans Christian Heg Post Office | Muskego | WI | US | In response to vandalism of the statue of Hans Christian Heg, which was targeted during the George Floyd protest even though Heg was an abolitionist and the publisher of an anti-slavery newspaper, Rep. US Representative Bryan Steil introduced a bill to rename a post office in Muskego the "Colonel Hans Christian Heg Post Office". | [554] [555] | ||
| Confederation Bridge | Epekwitk Crossing | Borden-Carleton / Cape Jourimain | PEI / NB | In April 2022, the legislature of Prince Edward Island unanimously voted in favor of renaming the Confederation Bridge—opened and named as such in 1997—to Epekwitk Crossing, "as way to uphold rights of Indigenous people". The structure connects the Canadian island province of Prince Edward Island to the mainland of contiguous North America. The "Confederation" in the original name refers to the 1867 Confederation of Canada, while "Epekwitk" is the indigenous Mi'kmaq name for Prince Edward Island. The name change must be approved by the Canadian federal government. | [556] | |||