‘Emory University has removed the name of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar from prestigious law professorships because he owned slaves and served in the Confederate Army.
The university declined to be moved by the fact that Lamar supported the 14th Amendment as well as compromise and reconciliation with the North after the Civil War.’ More of this article at https://www.thecollegefix.com/emory-removes-name-of-supreme-court-justice-from-1800s-because-he-owned-slaves/