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Yale students hold Calhoun College renaming ceremony to end legacy of slavery

NEW HAVEN >> Hilton Als, Ai Wei Wei, Jinnah.The names offered Friday as alternatives to John C. Calhoun ranged across history, across races and across languages.Cassius Marcellus Clay, Bouchet, Nayyirad Waheed.Held by students dressed mostly in black, placards bearing the alternative names were staked out on the lawn of Yale University's Cross Campus, just outside the residential college they said was "formerly known as Calhoun.

 

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