Howdy, George.

To me, the answer [to whether University of Virginia's Jordan Hall should be named for Dr. Harvey E. Jordan and to whether DeJarnette Center should keep it's name] seems obvious: http://www.pilotonline.com/news/nw0329eug.html

I wonder if Sally Hemings could ever have conspired in such atrocities? See http://www.monticello.org/plantation/Sally_Hemings.html

Will someone out there let 'Us' (those who actually read Georges e-paper for real and substantive information) know what buildings on the grounds of UVa other than Carter G. Woodson http://www.gatewayva.com/pages/bhistory/1997/wood.htm are named after African Americans or Native Americans or African/Native Americans?

As far as the "Confederate License Plates" [issue] http://www.loper.org/~george/trends/2000/Nov/63.html and http://www.loper.org/~george/trends/2000/Nov/64.html I want a license plate that recognizes me as a "Victim of the Sons of Confederate Veterans", because I am a "Descendant of an African American Murdered in cold blood by a Confederate Solder".

The incident (was related to me by my (maternal) Grand Father as told to him by his father (my Great-Grand Father) that witnessed confederate solders walking in the direction of the winter encampment at Rio Hills, when one of the solders (having asked for some water) shot at close range his father (my Great-Great- Grand Father) in the chest, killing him instantly, because my Great-Great-Grand Father would not serve him a bucket of water.

The incident occurred in 1864 between the dates of Feb 23rd and Feb 25th on a farm along the banks of the Rivana River in the Wollen Mills area less than 1 week before the Rio Hill Skirmish: http://www.insiders.com/civil/tour10.htm

Herb Porter (electronic mail, December 3, 2000).

Editor's Note: According to Rick Turner, there is no building named after Carter G. Woodson.

The Carter G. Woodson Institute for Afro-American and African Studies is located in Minor Hall at the University of Virginia. For more information on Carter G. Woodson and the naming of the institute, see "The Proposal to Name the Institute ...".

The Office of African American Affairs, where Rick Turner is Dean, is however named The Luther P. Jackson House.

Luther P. Jackson, a prominent African American Historian, was the Chairman of the History department at Virginia State University in the 1950's (Rick Turner, electronic mail, December 4, 2000).

For more, see Buildings and Programs Named after African Americans at the University of Virginia.