In the year 2020, we have seen much activism across the United States seeking racial justice for the hundreds of years that African-Americans were not only enslaved, but then subjected to another hundred years of segregationist Jim Crow laws that disenfranchised black Americans for generations to come. In the spirit of rectifying past injustices, we call upon Winthrop University to rename the Thurmond building on the Winthrop University campus. Strom Thurmond, whom the building is named after and hangs an oil painting of, was an ardent segregationist. During his time in the U.S. Senate representing South Carolina, he gave the longest filibuster speech against the Civil Rights Act in 1957 than any other senator. We ask then, how can Winthrop University, a college that prides itself in its diversity, have a building and hang the picture of one of the biggest racists in our time? Erasing his name from the building and taking down the painting of his likeness, although symbolic, would be a step in the right direction and would be a teachable moment for us all, that hatred and racism will not be glorified, rather it will be condemned and be treated with utter indignation. It is the responsibility of Winthrop University to make these changes and we demand that they be made now.