Emory to rename campus spaces and professorships honoring Robert Yerkes and L.Q.C. Lamar

Emory University President Gregory L. Fenves will rename campus spaces and professorships honoring Robert Yerkes, a psychologist who vigorously supported eugenics, and L.Q.C. Lamar, who was a staunch defender of slavery.

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