Thursday, August 24, 2017

Bust Of Richard Stockton Removed


GALLOWAY — The bust of Richard Stockton has been removed from Stockton University’s campus library in an attempt to address a longtime controversy surrounding the college’s slave-owning namesake, college officials said Thursday.
Although recent protests have erupted around the country over other controversial statues, Stockton University President Harvey Kesselman said that controversy about the college’s namesake has been going on for several years.

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http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/top_three/stockton-university-removes-bust-of-slave-owner-richard-stockton/article_7484510c-1162-5f52-ab34-3940bf4dc6a9.html

 

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