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UNH Law won't change "Franklin Pierce" title

UNH Law won’t change “Franklin Pierce” title

Cassie Hollasch January 21, 2021
University of New Hampshire (UNH) President James W. Dean decided not to change the name of the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law after a task force of students, faculty, staff, and alumni recommended against doing so. The school considered eliminating Franklin Pierce’s, the fourteenth and only U.S. President from N.H., name because of his connections with slavery.
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