OPINION:
An elementary school in Virginia will be renamed Barack Obama Elementary School the Richmond School Board decided Monday night. In a 6-1 vote, the board decided to remove the name of JEB Stuart, a confederate general, from the school that has a 95% African-American student body.
CBS News reports:
Many of the new school name options represented influential African-American civil rights leaders including Barbara Johns, Oliver Hill, and Henry Marsh.
The top three finalist names on Monday night were Barack Obama, Northside, and Wishtree.
#BREAKING From Confederate to OBAMA. The Richmond School Board voted 6-1 tonight to rename J.E.B Stuart Elementary to Barack Obama Elementary. Students helped choose the finalists from a list of 7.
— Brendan King CBS 6 (@ImBrendanKing) June 19, 2018
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Richmond was the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War and JEB Stuart was the last remaining school bearing the name of a Confederate figure.
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