Princeton will drop President Woodrow Wilson and rename school after influential Black finance expert

History won’t only be taught at Princeton University — it will be made.The Ivy League college is naming a residential college after Mellody Hobson, an influential finance expert who is an alumna and major donor to the school.She will be the first Black woman to have that honor in the Elizabeth, New Jersey-based school’s 274-year history.Hobson College will be built on a site once named for former President Woodrow Wilson, who served as the commander-in-chief from 1913 to 1921.Amid America’s racial reawakening following the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis, Princeton annou...

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