An exhibition dedicated to classic film star John Wayne will be removed following student protests over the actor’s history of racist remarks.
Wayne, who attended the school in the 1920s and died in 1979, made racist remarks in an interview with Playboy Magazine in 1971.
Quotes from the interview resurfaced in 2019, and led to a number of campus protests against the exhibit.
The Playboy interview quoted Wayne as saying: “I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility.”
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