The Persistence of Confederate, Enslaver, and Segregationist Namesakes in US Public Schools: A Critical Quantitative Toponymic Analysis

MP Richards, A Gensterblum, C Bartlett… - AERA …, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com
In this quantitative toponymic study, we examine US public schools named after
Confederates, enslavers, and segregationists (CESs). We find that 4.7% of all public schools …

Taking a longer historical view of America's renaming moment: The role of Black onomastic activism within the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

DH Alderman, J Inwood, K Stack - Humanities and Social Sciences …, 2024 - nature.com
Renaming practices are increasingly deployed as a political technology in USA campaigns
to do greater justice to the rights, histories, and identities of historically marginalized groups …