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Claremont college student who led hunger strike to ouster dean talks race on campus
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Nov 13, 2015
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Claremont college student who led hunger strike to ouster dean talks race on campus
Taylor Lemmons, a junior at Claremont McKenna College, led a hunger strike calling for Dean Mary Spellman's resignation. She spoke to Take Two.
Students turn out to protest campus racial bias at Claremont McKenna College on Thursday, November 12, 2015.
Students turn out to protest campus racial bias at Claremont McKenna College on Thursday, November 12, 2015.
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Taylor Lemmons, a junior at Claremont McKenna College, led a hunger strike calling for Dean Mary Spellman's resignation. She spoke to Take Two.

There has been a wave of student protests this fall over racial tensions on college campuses across the country.

This week, student outrage at the University of Missouri led to the resignations of the president and chancellor of the school.

Thursday, the Dean of Students at Claremont McKenna College, Mary Spellman, announced she would leave her post, writing in an email to the school, "I believe it is the best way to gain closure of a controversy that has divided the student body and disrupted the mission of this fine institution."

At Claremont, students were demanding more inclusion of those that have been "marginalized" at the school.

Taylor Lemmons is a junior at Claremont who led a hunger strike, calling for those changes and for Spellman's resignation. She shared her thoughts with Take Two. 

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