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Princeton University Will Consider Scrubbing Woodrow Wilson's Name, Image from Campus

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Princeton University officials announced an agreement with student demonstrators to listen to their plea to remove President Woodrow Wilson's name from a campus building.

Led by Princeton's Black Justice League (BJL), the demonstrators staged a sit-in for 32 hours outside the office of the Ivy League institution's president, Christopher Eisgruber, according to Reuters.

The demonstrators demanded Wilson's name and image be scrubbed from public areas of Princeton's campus, including from the School of Public and International Affairs. The 28th President of the United States, Wilson was considered a progressive, but he also supported racial segregation, which the Civil Rights Act outlawed in 1964, 43 years after he left office.

On Thursday, Princeton's Dean of the College Jill Dolan and Vice President for Campus Life Rochelle Calhoun co-signed an agreement with Eisgruber and 17 students that included considering removing Wilson's name and image from campus.

The agreement included three other demands, and also vowed for better accountability on matters of inclusion.

"We appreciate the willingness of the students to work with us to find a way forward for them, for us and for our community," Eisgruber said in the school's news release. "We were able to assure them that their concerns would be raised and considered through appropriate processes."

Shortly after the sit-in ended Thursday night, Princeton received an anonymous threat of violence that appeared related to the demonstration, according to NJ.com. The school announced Friday morning the threat was found "not credible."

Martin Mbugua, university spokesman told NJ.com: "Everything is proceeding as usual."

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