After discussions began last year to explore a name change for Florida State football’s Doak Campbell Stadium, an FSU panel has rejected a recommendation to keep the name.
The news was first reported by Byron Dobson of the Tallahassee Democrat.
The panel now will move forward in discussions that will culminate in a final meeting that will determine if the name will be removed — an action that will require approval from all 30 members of President John Thrasher’s Task Force on Anti-Racism, Equity and Inclusion.
“To single out one person because of what he didn’t do, (and) I’m not sure what we expected him to do, even though based on the research I’ve done, he also worked behind the scenes (to address race relations),” FSU history professor and subcommittee chair Maxine Jones, who recommended keeping the name, said to the Democrat.