Changes

The [[Jefferson Davis Highway]] was a national road designed before highway route numbers became common in response to the designation of a coast-to-coast [[Lincoln Highway]] through northern states.  Local governments are now renaming their segments of the Jefferson Davis Highway.

The [[Jefferson Davis Highway]] was a national road designed before highway route numbers became common in response to the designation of a coast-to-coast [[Lincoln Highway]] through northern states.  Local governments are now renaming their segments of the Jefferson Davis Highway.

Liberty Hyde Bailey name an area of the [[Cornell University]] campus the "Cornell Plantations" to serve as a botanic teaching area.  That department earned an international reputation.  In response to the demands of black students who claimed the word "plantations" reminded them of slavery, it was renamed the "Cornell Bonatic Gardens".<ref name=plant>{{cite news|url=https://dailycaller.com/2016/08/28/cornell-university-renames-cornell-plantations/|title=Cornell University Renames ‘Cornell Plantations’|date=August 28, 2016|accessdate=2020-09-10}}</ref>  In 2010, [[Rhode Island]] voters rejected a constitutional amendment to change the state’s official name, "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations".<ref name=plant/>

In 1944, Liberty Hyde Bailey named an area of the [[Cornell University]] campus the "Cornell Plantations" to serve as a botanic teaching area.  That department earned an international reputation.  In response to the demands of black students who claimed the word "plantations" reminded them of slavery, it was renamed the "Cornell Bonatic Gardens".<ref name=plant>{{cite news|url=https://dailycaller.com/2016/08/28/cornell-university-renames-cornell-plantations/|title=Cornell University Renames ‘Cornell Plantations’|date=August 28, 2016|accessdate=2020-09-10}}</ref>  In 2010, [[Rhode Island]] voters rejected a constitutional amendment to change the state’s official name, "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations".<ref name=plant/>

Student protestors demanded that [[Washington and Lee University]] change its name even though [[Robert E. Lee]] served as President of that school.  The school faculty voted to support dropping the name.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2020/07/07/washington-and-lee-faculty-vote-to-remove-lee-from-universitys-name/#78292eda7c87|title=Washington And Lee Faculty Vote To Remove ‘Lee’ From University’s Name|date=July 7, 2020|accessdate=2020-08-10}}</ref>

Student protestors demanded that [[Washington and Lee University]] change its name even though [[Robert E. Lee]] served as President of that school.  The school faculty voted to support dropping the name.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2020/07/07/washington-and-lee-faculty-vote-to-remove-lee-from-universitys-name/#78292eda7c87|title=Washington And Lee Faculty Vote To Remove ‘Lee’ From University’s Name|date=July 7, 2020|accessdate=2020-08-10}}</ref>