Madison: The University of Wisconsin releases 70 tons from the Madison campus on Friday at the request of minority students who view stones as a symbol of racism.
Chamberlin Rock, on the Hill Observatory, named after Thomas Crowder Chamberlin, a geologist and former president of the university.
Color students on campus say the stone represents the history of discrimination.
Boulder is referred to as a condescending name for black people in the story of the Wisconsin state journal in 1925.
The term insult is generally used in the 1920s to describe a large dark rock.
University historians have not found another time that the term is used, but they say Ku Klux active clan on campus at that time, Wisconsin State Journal reported.
University Chancellor Rebecca Blank was approved releasing Chamberlin Rock in January but the historical community Wisconsin needs to sign because Boulder is located within 15 feet (4.6 meters) from the funeral site of native Americans.
Rock will be placed on the land owned by Southeast University Madison near Lake Kamonsa.
The University plans to establish plaque at Balai Chamberlin to honor the former president of the University, said the Meredith Mcglone School spokesman.
The Union of the black student led the call to remove the stone last summer.
It was McWhorter, President of Group and Senior UW-Madison, said in an interview this summer who demanded to remove the stones before he arrived on campus three years ago.
“ I am grateful that we have the opportunity to do this and that the stone will be removed, “he said.
“ That’s our request, and that is something we do for all work.
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Wisconsin University removes stones that are seen as signs of racism
