Two high schools in Alabama's capital, a hub of the civil rights movement, will no longer bear the names of Confederate leaders.
FILE - A pedestal that held a statue of Robert E. Lee stands empty outside a high school named for the Confederate general in Montgomery, Ala. on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Two Montgomery high schools will no longer bear the names of Confederate leaders. The Montgomery County Board of Education has voted for new names for Jefferson Davis High School and Robert E Lee High School, news outlets report.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Two high schools in Alabama’s capital, a hub of the civil rights movement, will no longer bear the names of Confederate leaders. Lee will become Dr. Percy Julian High School. Davis will become JAG High School, representing three figures of the civil rights movement: Judge Frank Johnson, the Rev. Ralph Abernathy and the Rev. Robert Graetz.
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