Rep. Ford, Prof. Starks say erasing names of Blacks on Navy ships “un-American, insane”

'How Can You Sleep At Night?': Once Praised by Trump As a 'Great American Hero', Pete Hegseth Now Leads Charge to Erase Medgar Evers’ Name from Navy Ship — His Family Is Fighting Back

Wanda Evers is not going down without a fight. The niece of Medgar Evers, the NAACP leader who was assassinated outside of his home in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 12, 1963, says she plans to go to Washington, D.C., and meet with President Donald Trump to urge him to reconsider removing her uncle’s name from a Naval battleship. “We are fighting this and I’m making arrangements to go to Washington because I have to see this man (Trump) face-to-f…

Rep. Ford, Prof. Starks say erasing names of Blacks on Navy ships “un-American, insane”

Rep. LaShawn Ford (D-8th) told the Chicago Crusader that a frenzy to end Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion by removing the names of Black civil rights heroes from U.S. Naval ships will only lead to more miseducation for all Americans. Agreeing with him was Northeastern University Professor Emeritus Robert Starks, who said the idea is “simply […]