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UPDATE: NAACP disputes MUW name choices
by The Associated Press
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COLUMBUS - The NAACP has come out against two of the new names the Mississippi University for Women is considering.

Lowndes County NAACP President Lavaonne Harris is against the names Reneau University and Waverley University. The university is also considering Welty University as a possible choice.

Harris said the names Reneau and Waverley are both derived from slave holding plantations in the Old South.

Sallie Reneau is the person the school would honor by choosing her name for the school. In the nineteenth century, she lobbied the state legislature to get what is now MUW built. However, she was also a slave owner in pre-Civil War Mississippi.

The 30 member Naming Committee was formed last year and charged with the task of submitting three names for consideration.
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1msrebel
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April 10, 2009
The NAACP needs to back off because as usual this is none of their business. They are a bunch of RACISTS & need to get a life!
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Me419
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April 10, 2009
Why would the NAACP oppose either of these two names and not say a word to UM about the Ole Miss name?
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