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In June 2020, nearly forty-four years after General Middleton's passing, [[politically correct]] [[liberal]] activists and [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]] called fcr the removal of Middleton's name and bust from the campus Middleton Library. A letter in 1961 was uncovered which revealed that Middleton had blocked African Americans from LSU athletics though blacks were admitted as students at the flagship school. Edwards, who often invokes in political campaigns his own military record at [[West Point]] and the honor code, called  upon the LSU Board of Supervisors, whom he appoints, to remove any reference to Middleton from LSU, much like what [[George Orwell]] in his writings had predicted a dark future for Western Civilization. Edwards referred to Middleton as a [[Segregation|segregationist]].<ref name=namechange/>

In June 2020, nearly forty-four years after General Middleton's passing, [[politically correct]] [[liberal]] activists and [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]] called fcr the removal of Middleton's name and bust from the campus Middleton Library. A letter in 1961 was uncovered which revealed that Middleton had blocked African Americans from LSU athletics though blacks were admitted as students at the flagship school. Edwards, who often invokes in political campaigns his own military record at [[West Point]] and the honor code, called  upon the LSU Board of Supervisors, whom he appoints, to remove any reference to Middleton from LSU, much like what [[George Orwell]] in his writings had predicted a dark future for Western Civilization. Edwards referred to Middleton as a [[Segregation|segregationist]].<ref name=namechange/>

Middleton's heirs, presumably grandchildren and great-grandchildren, have asked to address the LSU supervisors in order to defend the general from the attacks against him, which occurred in the wake of the [[George Floyd]] shooting death in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]]. Then supervisors are expected to decide the matter on June 19, known as "Juneteenth"" in the civil rights community<ref name=namechange>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_3ac98036-ace3-11ea-908e-7b1c6853d1b3.html|tit;e=Middleton famil asks to speak before LSU board about library name change|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate|date=June 12, 2020|author=Emma Kennedy|accessdate=June 14, 2020}}</ref>

Middleton's heirs, presumably grandchildren and great-grandchildren, have asked to address the LSU supervisors in order to defend the general from the attacks against him, which occurred in the wake of the [[George Floyd]] shooting death in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]]. Then supervisors are expected to decide the matter on June 19, known as "Juneteenth"" in the civil rights community<ref name=namechange>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_3ac98036-ace3-11ea-908e-7b1c6853d1b3.html|title=Middleton family asks to speak before LSU board about library name change|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate|date=June 12, 2020|author=Emma Kennedy|accessdate=June 14, 2020}}</ref>

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