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April 29, 2016

Yale Refuses to Rename Dorm Named After Pro-Slavery Advocate
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And Yale University has announced it will not rename the residential
dorm Calhoun College, named after former Vice President John C. Calhoun,
one of the most prominent pro-slavery figures in history. This comes
despite a recent wave of student protests demanding the name be changed.
Yale said it will name one of the two new residential dorms after
African-American alumnus and legal scholar Anna Pauline Murray. It will
be the first time a Yale dorm bears the name of either an African
American or a woman.


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