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The longest-serving chief justice in the United States Supreme Court is having his name removed from University of Illinois law school after investigation into his pro-slavery actions.
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The John Marshall Law School is no more its name, at least.
Beginning July 1, the 122-year-old institution will be known as the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. The U. of I. board of trustees approved the change this week.
A university task force, in a months-long review, decided that “despite Chief Justice Marshall’s legacy as one of the nation’s most significant U.S. Supreme Court justices, the newly discovered research regarding his role as a slave trader, slave owner of hundreds of slaves, pro-slavery jurisprudence and racist views render him a highly inappropriate namesake for the law school.”