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The College moved to Providence in 1770, and was renamed Brown University in honor of Nicholas Brown, a nephew of John Brown, who had given a bequest of $5,000. Brown did not admit women until 1891, when a women's college named Pembroke College was founded.  Brown became coedicational in 1971 when the undergraduate school merged with Pembroke College.
 
The College moved to Providence in 1770, and was renamed Brown University in honor of Nicholas Brown, a nephew of John Brown, who had given a bequest of $5,000. Brown did not admit women until 1891, when a women's college named Pembroke College was founded.  Brown became coedicational in 1971 when the undergraduate school merged with Pembroke College.
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According to the university, the Brown family participated in the slavery trade and the proceeds contributed to the funding of the university during its early days.[http://www.brown.edu/Research/Slavery_Justice/]
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According to the university, the Brown family participated in the slave trade and the proceeds contributed to the funding of the university during its early days.[http://www.brown.edu/Research/Slavery_Justice/]
    
==The New Curriculum==
 
==The New Curriculum==
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