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Letter: Renaming Dixie State University

(Chris Caldwell | The Spectrum file photo via AP)  Greater Zion Stadium at Dixie State University is shown Tuesday, June 30, 2020, in St. George, Utah. Dixie State University is considering dropping Dixie from its name as another example of the nation’s reexamination of symbols associated with the Confederacy.

(Chris Caldwell | The Spectrum file photo via AP) Greater Zion Stadium at Dixie State University is shown Tuesday, June 30, 2020, in St. George, Utah. Dixie State University is considering dropping Dixie from its name as another example of the nation’s reexamination of symbols associated with the Confederacy.

Regarding the renaming of Dixie State University: How about Juanita Brooks State University of Utah?

Melvin C. Johnson, class of 1972, St. George

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