Tag: John Witherspoon
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Opinion: Stand up for Witherspoon
Amidst the current social justice tsunami threatening to submerge American history, Princeton has apparently now committed its own aggravated assault against Clio. A petition circulated among activists sought to strip Princeton’s middle school of its namesake, John Witherspoon. It has succeeded. Why? Upon his death, Witherspoon owned two slaves. Princeton has succumbed to a nihilistic…
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Community demands renaming of John Witherspoon Middle School
A petition demanding that Princeton school district officials rename the John Witherspoon Middle School for someone else in lieu of Witherspoon, who was a former president of Princeton University and a slave owner, has gained more than 850 signatures since it began circulating July 6. The petition states that “In the midst of the ongoing…