Confederate names reinstated by Virginia county school board

TheschoolboardofShenandoahCountyinVirginiavotedtorestoretwoschools’originalnamesderivedfromConfederategenerals.Theschoolnameswerechangedin2020byavotefromthesameboard. TheVirginiachapteroftheNAACPandagroupofstudentsis suingtheShenandoahCountySchoolBoard,afteritvotedlastmonthtoreinstatethenamesoftwoschoolsthatwereformerlynamedforConfederategenerals.  VirginiaNAACPPresidentRev.CozyBaileycalledthereversalthestate’s“commitmenttoWhitesupremacyandthecelebrationofarace-basedrebellion.” “MybeliefistheShenandoahCountySchoolBoardreaffirmedtheircommitmenttoWhitesupremacyandthecelebrationofarace-basedrebellionagainsttheUnitedStatesofAmericawiththeirvotetonamepublicschoolsaftermilitaryleadersoftheConfederateStatesofAmerica,”Baileysaidinapressrelease.  RFKJR.SLAMSDEMOCRATSFORTOPPLINGCONFEDERATESTATUES AVirginiaschoolboardapprovedrenamingMountainViewHighSchoolandHoneyRunElementarySchooltotheir