USA Today · Jun 17, 2020
Texas A&M QB Kellen Mond wants controversial statue removed: 'Let's not forget Sully'
Texas A&M quarterback Kellen Mond tweeted Tuesday night in support of removing a statue of former president Lawrence Sullivan Ross. The statue is known as "Sully" and has been on campus since 1919.
"LET'S NOT FORGET SULLY," Mond captioned his statement.
Ross, president at Texas A&M from 1891-1898, was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army and has faced claims of mistreatment of Blacks and indigenous people in Texas.
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Mond's statement reminded its readers of these specific instances and noted that his role in building the university does not excuse that.
