A Confederate general makes last stand with high school teams (VA)
Erik Brady, USA TODAY Sports
Published 7:39 a.m. ET April 27, 2018
Updated 7:46 a.m. ET April 27, 2018
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – J.E.B. Stuart High School’s baseball team gathers in the gloaming. “One, two, three – Raiders!” the players shout as they trot out to their positions ... among the last athletes who will wear Stuart’s name and call themselves Raiders ...
... The school is named for a Confederate general. Such names are coming off schools in the same way Confederate statues are coming off pedestals. At least three dozen Confederate-themed schools nationally have changed their names since 2015, according to Education Week ...
... Changers say the history of J.E.B. Stuart High School — named in 1958 and opened in 1959 — is precisely the point ...
... Stuart’s 2,125 students ... come from more than 70 countries ...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/highschool/2018/04/27/confederate-general-makes-last-stand-high-school-teams/545015002/
