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Martin Pengelly in New York

West Point’s Ku Klux Klan plaque should be removed, commission says

Aerial view of West Point in New York state.
Aerial view of West Point in New York state. Photograph: Nicolas RUNG/Aero/Alamy

A bronze plaque commemorating the Ku Klux Klan should be removed from the science centre at West Point, a congressional commission said, even though it falls outside the panel’s remit because the racist terror group was formed after the American civil war.

The Naming Commission was established in March 2021, in the aftermath of the police murder of George Floyd and the protests for racial justice it inspired.

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