ARCHDALE, N.C.
Community college officials cancelled the final
class of a Civil War history course that featured controversial claims
by its instructors that most slaves were happy in captivity.
“We would never intentionally set up any class that is offensive to
anyone in our community … and obviously this class has done that,”
said Larry K. Linker, president of Randolph Community College.
“Therefore, we are going to step back and take a close look at it …
and at Our process of approving courses.”
Linker’s decision to cancel the final class came one day after
civil rights leaders announced plans to hold a public forum in North,
Carolina so historians and other Civil War experts could counter the
claims.
Linker also said there were no plans to offer the class next semester.
“At this time it is not scheduled again,” he said.
The instructors in the nine-week course entitled “North Carolina’s
Role in the War for Southern Independence” are members of a Confederate
heritage group.
