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Local activists advocate for Calhoun name change (Yale)
DAVID YAFFE-BELLANY OCT 03, 2015
A crowd of about 20 protesters holding picket signs and chanting slogans assembled on Elm Street in the wind and rain Saturday afternoon to advocate for the renaming of Calhoun College ... A petition calling for the University to change the name has collected about 1,500 student signatures. But only one Yale student participated in the hour-long rally ... The demonstrators waved signs that said “Calhoun: Racist” and “Gentrification, Racism and Police Terror: Calhoun’s Legacy.” The protest was organized by the Connecticut branch of the Answer Coalition .. with endorsements from the Yale .. NAACP ...
http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2015/10/03/local-activists-advocate-for-calhoun-name-change/
