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Cancel Culture Database

IncidentSchool NameDateTargetConfederate?Protested/Canceled?
More than 600 Washington and Lee students, faculty sign petition to ban Matt WalshWashington and Lee University03/27/2023Guest SpeakerNoProtested
University censors conservative ‘American Club’ student groupsLong Island University03/24/2023Student GroupsNoCanceled
Texas university president cancels drag show, calls it ‘demeaning’ to womenWest Texas A&M University03/24/2023TheaterNoCanceled
Bryn Mawr College caves, officially removes past president’s name from libraryBryn Mawr College03/22/2023Buildings/NamesNoCanceled
Rioters smash windows, tussle with cops in attempt to shut down Turning Point USA speechUniversity of California Davis03/15/2023Guest SpeakerNoProtested
Princeton seminarians call for trustee’s removal for ties to prison telecom companyPrinceton University03/15/2023PoliceNoProtested
University removes truncated Malcolm X quote that celebrated reading booksUniversity of Rhode Island03/15/2023MiscellaneousNoCanceled
UC Berkeley strips another name -- Moses -- off building, activists want moreUniversity of California Berkeley03/14/2023Buildings/NamesNoCanceled
Stanford Law DEI dean, rowdy student protesters berate federal judge invited to give speechStanford University03/11/2023Guest SpeakerNoProtested
Cancel campaign flops against Michael Knowles speech at U. BuffaloUniversity at Buffalo03/08/2023Guest SpeakerNoProtested
Students demand campus group be banned because it does not support LGBTQ lifestyleDePaul University03/08/2023Student GroupsNoProtested
Rowdy student protest shuts down screening of anti-BLM ‘Greatest Lie Ever Sold’ documentaryCentral Connecticut State University03/07/2023MovieNoCanceled
National Lawyers Guild DU chapter demands Ilya Shapiro speech be canceledUniversity of Denver Law School03/07/2023Guest SpeakerNoProtested
Protesters set fire to Matt Walsh event flyers, Eventbrite cancels ticket salesStanford University02/28/2023Student EventNoProtested
Catholic university denies Turning Point USA student group for belief in two sexesSaint Mary’s University02/28/2023Student GroupsNoCanceled
Penn State-Harrisburg working to prevent Michael Knowles event approvalPennsylvania State University-Harrisburg02/27/2023Student EventNoProtested
Conservative professor sues, claims officials retaliated against him for criticizing CRTUniversity of Texas Austin02/24/2023Professor CommentsNoProtested
Student government repeatedly refuses Turning Point USA request for conservative speakerMichigan Technological University02/21/2023Student EventNoProtested
University refuses to lift ban on students' pro-Second Amendment gun postersCreighton University01/25/2023Student CommentsNoCanceled
Med school removes photos of white male alumni to show commitment to diversityTexas A&M University01/18/2023PaintingNoCanceled
Tulane condemns student’s pro-Kanye comments, tells her to leave campusTulane University01/17/2023Student CommentsNoProtested
USC School of Social Work ditches word ‘field’ – could be construed as ‘anti-Black’University of Southern California01/10/2023MiscellaneousNoCanceled
Trans-rights protesters shut down gay professor’s ‘divorce LGB from T’ talkMcGill University01/10/2023Guest SpeakerNoCanceled
NC State broadcaster suspended indefinitely for saying ‘illegal aliens’ during broadcastNorth Carolina State University01/02/2023MiscellaneousNoCanceled
West Point begins removing Confederate symbols, including Robert E. Lee portrait, from campus displayU.S. Military Academy at West Point12/27/2022PaintingYesCanceled
University removes art history professor for showing class two ancient Prophet Muhammad depictionsHamline University12/27/2022Professor CommentsNoCanceled
Stanford language guide warns against saying ‘American' and other words, phrasesStanford University12/20/2022MiscellaneousNoProtested
U. of Kentucky to remove mural depicting slaves following unrelated racial incidentUniversity of Kentucky12/19/2022PaintingYesCanceled
Petition demands chancellor resign for his off-color joke mocking Asian languagePurdue University Northwest12/19/2022Professor CommentsNoProtested
University: Don’t say ‘Christmas’ because it’s too ‘Christian-centric’Brighton University12/18/2022MiscellaneousNoProtested
Thin blue line flag banned from charity event after Villanova students protestVillanova University12/12/2022PoliceNoCanceled
UMaine bans Christmas decorations in the name of diversityUniversity of Maine12/11/2022MiscellaneousNoCanceled
Cleveland State cancels Justice John Marshall from law school nameCleveland State University12/05/2022Buildings/NamesYesCanceled
Riot police deployed to quell protest against conservative Turning Point USA eventUniversity of New Mexico12/01/2022Student EventNoProtested
Princeton may remove statue of Founding Father John WitherspoonPrinceton University11/29/2022StatueNoProtested
Student journalists demand college cancel ‘What is a Woman’ eventCentral Connecticut State University11/17/2022Guest SpeakerNoProtested
Painting of old white men smoking cigars taken down after female scholar complainsLeiden University11/17/2022PaintingNoCanceled
University changes ‘Thanksgiving Closure’ to ‘Fall Break’ over inclusion concernsUniversity of Alaska Southeast11/17/2022Buildings/NamesNoCanceled
Catholic Gonzaga prohibits pro-life event with Liz WheelerGonzaga University11/16/2022Student EventNoCanceled
Pro-life student group gets violent threats for hosting Students for Life chiefClemson University11/15/2022Student EventNoProtested
Ann Coulter speech shut down after repeated disruptions, outburstsCornell University11/09/2022Guest SpeakerNoCanceled
Professor investigated for ‘cultural appropriation’ of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’Washburn University11/02/2022MiscellaneousNoProtested
Sports reporter ousted after ‘ni**a’ tweets from her teenage years surfaceUniversity of Tennessee Knoxville11/01/2022Student CommentsNoCanceled
Protest efforts underway to remove word 'Dixie' from fight songUniversity of Alabama10/30/2022MusicYesProtested
Conservative Turning Point USA students’ ‘MAGA Hulk’ event canceled as large brawl eruptsUniversity of California Davis10/27/2022Student GroupsNoCanceled
As protest turns chaotic, Penn State abruptly cancels ‘Uncensored America’ event featuring Gavin McInnesPennsylvania State University10/25/2022Guest SpeakerNoCanceled
YAF event with rapper Zuby denied funds due to ‘harmful speech’ potentialStetson University10/21/2022Student EventNoProtested
Conservative YAF students’ anti-Marxism display shut downUniversity of Illinois Chicago10/16/2022Student GroupsNoCanceled
Chemistry professor fired for tough teachingNew York University10/14/2022CurriculumNoCanceled
Petition demands music instructor be fired over Facebook post he made in 2012University of California Berkeley10/11/2022Professor CommentsNoProtested
Students storm building, shout down Q&A with Republican Sen. Ben SasseUniversity of Florida10/11/2022MiscellaneousNoProtested
Professor put on leave for attending 2017 Charlottesville rallyFurman University10/08/2022Professor CommentsYesCanceled
University cancels black playwright’s play about civil rights movement because it uses n-wordTexas Wesleyan University10/03/2022TheaterNoCanceled
Professor Michael Stoil removed from class after using ‘n-word’ in educational contextGeorge Washington University10/02/2022Professor CommentsNoCanceled
Princeton used Title IX to block student reporter from covering anti-Israel protestsPrinceton University09/29/2022IsraelNoCanceled
Air Force Academy tells cadets to use ‘gender-neutral language,’ avoid ‘Mom and Dad’Air Force Academy09/26/2022Student CommentsNoCanceled
Law school removes T.C. Williams from name, citing slave ownershipUniversity of Richmond09/25/2022Buildings/NamesYesCanceled
Leftist screams, swears, kicks and breaks projector during Turning Point USA eventUniversity of Iowa09/21/2022Student EventNoProtested
Left-wing rioters shut down conservative pundit Tomi Lahren's talkUniversity of New Mexico09/17/2022Guest SpeakerNoCanceled
University cancels intramural ice hockey after ‘equity audit’Mount Royal University09/12/2022Student GroupsNoCanceled
Canadian university asks court to approve renaming of ‘racist’ scholarshipsWestern University09/11/2022Buildings/NamesNoProtested
Students kicked out of sex abuse survivors group over their Jewish identitySUNY New Paltz09/09/2022IsraelNoCanceled
Scholars demand African Studies journal retract article written by white academicsvarious09/06/2022Professor CommentsNoProtested
Three conservative groups harassed, attacked at student organization fairUniversity of Iowa09/01/2022Student GroupsNoProtested
Student harasses Students for Life group, steals their fliersGeorge Mason University09/01/2022Student GroupsNoProtested
‘Penntrification’ protesters shut down convocation speech to demand low-income housingUniversity of Pennsylvania09/01/2022Student EventNoCanceled
Student protesters, citing ‘constant oppressions,’ shut down back-to-school convocationMarquette University08/28/2022Student EventNoCanceled
Black Christian denied student government role after quoting BibleUniversity of Houston08/22/2022Student CommentsNoCanceled
Scholars, students demand professor's guest lecture be canceled due to her 'unsafe' COVID viewsvarious08/17/2022Guest SpeakerNoProtested
UVA student paper demands removal of Thomas Jefferson itemsUniversity of Virginia08/15/2022MiscellaneousNoProtested
Rhodes College alumni call for Justice Barrett’s removal from school’s hall of fameRhodes College08/08/2022MiscellaneousNoProtested
Article bragging on grad who defended Johnny Depp deleted for causing 'strong negative emotions'City University of New York08/05/2022MiscellaneousNoCanceled
Following cancel campaign, Justice Clarence Thomas will not teach at GWUGeorge Washington University08/01/2022MiscellaneousNoCanceled
Student government passes executive order forbidding funds to pro-life student groupsUniversity of North Carolina Chapel Hill07/29/2022Student GroupsNoProtested
GWU leader defeats removal attempt after he tried to depoliticize student governmentGeorge Washington University07/22/2022Student CommentsNoProtested
Medical dean refuses to cancel pro-life speaker in face of demandsUniversity of Michigan07/15/2022Guest SpeakerNoProtested
Canadian immunology professor suspended for asking questions about child COVID vaccinesUniversité Laval Québec07/08/2022Professor CommentsNoCanceled
Christian college may remove former president’s name from library after BIPOC complaintsWheaton College Illinois07/06/2022Buildings/NamesNoProtested
College newspaper editorial board calls for 'Bullets' mascot changeGettysburg College06/30/2022MascotsNoProtested
Cornell library removes Gettysburg Address, Lincoln bustCornell University06/28/2022MiscellaneousNoCanceled
Penn law school to remove name of Roger Taney, former chief justice of Supreme Court, from buildingUniversity of Pennsylvania06/22/2022Buildings/NamesNoCanceled
UNT student government passes resolution to ban ‘transphobic’ clubsUniversity of North Texas06/17/2022Student GroupsNoProtested
Conservative Christian student sues university for silencing herSouthern Illinois University-Edwardsville06/16/2022Student CommentsNoCanceled
George Washington University dumps ‘Colonials’ nicknameGeorge Washington University06/15/2022MascotsNoCanceled
Students lobby for art Professor Phoebe Gloeckner to be fired for microaggressions in curriculumUniversity of Michigan06/01/2022CurriculumNoProtested
Drake University denies Turning Point USA club for third time in six yearsDrake University06/01/2022Student GroupsNoCanceled
Turning Point USA conservative student group loses club status after pro-life Instagram postsUniversity of Mount Union05/27/2022Student GroupsNoCanceled
Students demand President George Washington statue removalUniversity of Washington05/25/2022StatueNoProtested
Princeton fires tenured Professor Joshua Katz, who criticized black terrorismPrinceton University05/24/2022Professor CommentsNoCanceled
MIT, NYU cancels scientist David Sabatini over consensual relationship with peer: reportvarious05/23/2022MiscellaneousNoCanceled
University drops sonnets because they are ‘products of white western culture’University of Salford05/18/2022MiscellaneousNoCanceled
Cal State Fullerton axes thin blue line symbol after professor complainsCal State Fullerton05/18/2022PoliceNoCanceled
To promote ‘diversity,’ schools remove word ‘women’ from clinic namesvarious05/12/2022Buildings/NamesNoCanceled
Professors identify 960 ‘racist’ names in national park systemvarious05/10/2022MiscellaneousNoProtested
To decolonize curriculum, UK university swaps Jane Austen for Toni MorrisonStirling University05/10/2022CurriculumNoCanceled
Catholic university denies College Republicans' request to host conservative Michael KnowlesUniversity of St. Thomas05/06/2022Student EventNoCanceled
Emory removes name of Supreme Court justice from 1800s because he owned slavesEmory University05/06/2022Buildings/NamesYesCanceled
Columbia University scrubs its connections to Republican Dr. OzColumbia University05/05/2022MiscellaneousNoCanceled
Police escort YAF conservative speaker Elisha Krauss off campus while leftists protestSaint Louis University05/04/2022Guest SpeakerNoCanceled
Student government votes to suspend conservative group over ‘transphobic’ tweetsGeorge Washington University04/30/2022Student GroupsNoProtested
IncidentSchool NameDateTargetConfederate?Protested/Canceled?