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CAMBRIDGE OFFICIALS VOTE TO RENAME SCHOOL
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CAMBRIDGE - A public elementary school named after a 19th century
scientist who claimed blacks were inferior to whites will be renamed
the Maria Baldwin School in honor of the first African-American woman
to lead the school, the school committee voted last night.
The name Louis Agassiz will be removed from the school as soon as
possible under the vote, which was 6-0, with Alfred Fantini absent.
"I'm overwhelmed and filled with pride," said Sybil Knight, the
school's principal. "I...
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