University renames hall after namesake called segregationist

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A university in Mississippi removed the name of a former president from a residence hall after a petition called the man a segregationist. On Friday, Belhaven University in Jackson announced it would change the Guy T. Gillespie Hall to Lakeview Hall, news outlets reported. Gillespie served ...

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