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Clemson drops pro-slavery Calhoun's name from honors program

by Associated Press/Report for America
| June 13, 2020 12:03 AM

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Clemson University trustees voted Friday to rename its honors college, stripping from the program the name of former vice president and slavery proponent John C. Calhoun.

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