At Mount Holyoke College, the oldest of the Seven Sisters colleges, Danielle R. Holley was recently appointed as the school’s 20th president. At Boston University, Melissa Gilliam was recently appointed as its president. At Harvard, the oldest.
Their once dominant presence in the South that earned Baptists the status of a de facto established church is fast fading. Secularization and steady disestablishment are in full swing.
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