In advance of moving a 70-ton boulder know as Chamberlin Rock off the campus of UW-Madison on Friday, workers prepare the site for the heavy lift Thursday. Extracted from Observatory Hill in 1925 and displayed there since, the rock has been regarded by some students as a racist symbol because of a commonly used slur which was used to describe the rock at the time.
UW-Madison will remove a 70-ton boulder from the heart of campus Friday morning following calls over the past year from students of color who view the rock as a symbol of the university’s racist past.
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A Wisconsin State Journal story from Oct. 9, 1925, about the effort to dig up and relocate the large boulder found embedded in Observatory Hill.
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In advance of moving a 70-ton boulder know as Chamberlin Rock off the campus of UW-Madison on Friday, workers prepare the site for the heavy lift Thursday. Extracted from Observatory Hill in 1925 and displayed there since, the rock has been regarded by some students as a racist symbol because of a commonly used slur which was used to describe the rock at the time.
