Baylor commission recommends changing some campus references to slaveholders

Published March 24, 2021 5:21pm ET



A commission at a Texas university recommended that some references to slaveholders on campus be changed but gave an exception to the school’s namesake.

Baylor University’s 26-member Commission on Historic Campus Representations, which was formed in June 2020 after the death of George Floyd, released its report Tuesday. The group was tasked with “reviewing and evaluating the historical record and context of the University and its early leaders solely related to slavery and the Confederacy,” according to a university press release.

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