Confederate names reinstated by Virginia county school board Fox News
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TheschoolboardofShenandoahCountyinVirginiavotedtorestoretwoschools’originalnamesderivedfromConfederategenerals.Theschoolnameswerechangedin2020byavotefromthesameboard.
TheVirginiachapteroftheNAACPandagroupofstudentsis suingtheShenandoahCountySchoolBoard,afteritvotedlastmonthtoreinstatethenamesoftwoschoolsthatwereformerlynamedforConfederategenerals.
VirginiaNAACPPresidentRev.CozyBaileycalledthereversalthestate’s“commitmenttoWhitesupremacyandthecelebrationofarace-basedrebellion.”
“MybeliefistheShenandoahCountySchoolBoardreaffirmedtheircommitmenttoWhitesupremacyandthecelebrationofarace-basedrebellionagainsttheUnitedStatesofAmericawiththeirvotetonamepublicschoolsaftermilitaryleadersoftheConfederateStatesofAmerica,”Baileysaidinapressrelease.
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AVirginiaschoolboardapprovedrenamingMountainViewHighSchoolandHoneyRunElementarySchooltotheir
