NAACP Blasts Reported Navy Talks to Rename USS Doris Miller for Trump
The NAACP said the move would replace a carrier name honoring a Pearl Harbor hero with one tied to politics.
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NAACP Blasts Reported Navy Talks to Rename USS Doris Miller for Trump
Washington, D.C. — The NAACP is condemning reported discussions inside the Navy about renaming a future aircraft carrier currently designated to honor Black World War II hero Doris Miller, with President Donald Trump reportedly considered as a replacement namesake. CNN reported that Navy officials have discussed changing the name of CVN-81, which was designated the future USS Doris Miller in 2020. Two sources told CNN that Trump’s name has been …
NAACP slams Navy’s reported talks to swap war hero’s name on carrier with Trump’s
NAACP President Derrick Johnson bashed the Navy Friday following reports that it planned to rename an aircraft carrier, named after a Black WWII war hero, and had considered President Trump’s name as a replacement. Johnson wrote in a social media post that the alleged talks surrounding the USS Doris Miller’s name are “a slap in…
The possibility was raised that the aircraft carrier USS Doris Miller, announced in 2020, might be renamed after former President Trump. Along with criticism that this erases the symbolism of a Black hero, the work addresses a social context that advocates for true national sovereignty and Black rights by borrowing the music of Curtis Mayfield, who resisted racial discrimination in the past.
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