Baylor NAACP chapter president shares experience being on institution s Commission on Historic Campus Representations By Olivia Levada Waco
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WACO, Texas In the past, Baylor University students have voiced their concerns regarding the statue of founder Judge R.E.B. Baylor on campus. Knowing Baylor owned slaves, the students have called for the statue to be removed.
In June, the Commission on Historic Campus Representations was established as part of a resolution on racial healing and justice, acknowledging the university’s historical connections to both slavery and the Confederacy. The commission recently released this report.
While there are no plans to remove the Judge R.E.B. Baylor statue, there are changes to come. Baylor NAACP President Lexy Bogney believes the university is taking what seems to be a first step in the right direction. Although Bogney s time at Baylo
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