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Letters: Don't attack greatness of John James Audubon

Por: The Advocate Opinion May 25, 2023

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I have heard that civil rights groups have picked on the great These people have claimed that Audubon abused Black people in his lifetime, but I have never heard anything like that.This is so absurd; all of the great works of John James Audubon are diminished. He has been dead for 170 years. These people want to change the name of the Audubon Society. If they do, I won't belong to it. CHARLES E. FOUTS Walker Want to see your opinion... + full article



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