Ole Miss edges out of its confederate shadow
BY STEPHANIE SAUL
New York Times News Service
AUGUST 21, 2017 11:16 AM
OXFORD, MISS.
Other than William Faulkner and the father and son quarterbacks Archie and Eli Manning, few figures in this town’s history are better known locally than Lucius Q.C. Lamar.
A professor at Ole Miss before and after the Civil War, he served in both chambers of Congress and as a Supreme Court justice ...
Lamar drafted the state’s orders of secession, funded his own Confederate regiment and held 31 slaves. After the war, he remained a divisive figure, delivering speeches that riled up whites in a violent 1875 election that he said "involved the supremacy of the unconquered and unconquerable Saxon race," according to one newspaper account of the day ...
The Lamar Hall plaque is one of five new ones to be installed to honestly describe the offensive history associated with campus landmarks and acknowledge the contributions of slaves. The university announced the moves last month following the recommendation of a committee that included faculty and alumni with a range of views ...
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