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Board changes Virginia school’s name from Robert E. Lee to John Lewis
Read full article: Board changes Virginia school’s name from Robert E. Lee to John LewisVirginia’s largest school system is removing the name of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from one of its high schools in favor of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis. It adopted John R. Lewis as the new name Thursday one day after numerous people spoke in favor of the change at a public hearing. The change comes nearly three years after the school system removed the name of Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart from another high school, renaming it Justice High. School boards throughout the Virginia and across the South have been removing Confederate names from schools in the wake of protests over racial injustice.
