Earlier this week, Duke University elected to rename a freshman dorm named in honor of a former North Carolina governor with white supremacist views. Say hello to progress, Duke.
According to Inside Higher Ed, East Residence Hall will immediately be known as East Residence Hall once more. In 1914, it was christened Aycock Hall (already a joke in itself) in honor of former governor and segregation advocate Charles B. Aycock. University President Richard H. Brodhead issued the following letter to students earlier this week:
Dear Colleagues,
A wrong has been corrected, and it only took a century and "careful consideration."
[via Inside Higher Ed and Duke Today]
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