Swallow said the Red Men name didn’t originate as a reference to Native Americans but evolved “very explicitly” into that. The name dates to 1920, when Carthage College, then located in Illinois, played a rival team named the Blue Boys, Swallow said. The college, affiliated with Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, was established in Hillsboro, Illinois, in 1847.
Kenosha’s Carthage College retires Red Men and Lady Reds team names to boost race and gender equity: ‘We had a name that was offensive to Native Americans’
