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Monuments And Teams Have Changed Names As America Reckons With Racism. Birds Are Next

Nicole Jackson is co-organizer of Black Birders Week, and founder of Black in National Parks Week.

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Monuments And Teams Have Changed Names As America Reckons With Racism. Birds Are Next



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As America tries to come to terms with its complicated racial past, efforts are underway to remove all eponymous bird names and to “decolonize the birding experience” to include more Black people.


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