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Politically correct renaming (view source)
Revision as of 20:53, September 11, 2020
, 20:53, September 11, 2020→Examples: Richard Nixon
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.
In 1971, the portion of California Route 90 between [[Interstate 405]] and Marina Del Ray was named in honor of President [[Richard Nixon]]. In 1976, following [[Watergate]], the freeway was renamed the Marina Freeway.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/11/nixon-freeway-michael-jackson-auditorium-some-questionable-la-names.html|title=Nixon Freeway? Michael Jackson Auditorium? Some L.A. place names are no longer|date=November 14, 2010|accessdate=2020-09-11|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>
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/>
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/>