At universities across the country, centuries-old names that adorn buildings, streets and squares are under siege -- from Stanford's Serra Mall to UC Berkeley's Barrows Hall to Yale's Calhoun College.
Once widely revered in a different era, a priest, anthropologist, vice president and dozens of others whose names are etched on college campuses have become the subject of a historical autopsy. Students, inspired in part by the Black Lives Matter movement, are calling for the removal of symbols honoring people connected to slavery and colonialism.
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