School That Honors Virginia Segregationist Could Be Renamed

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

School That Honors Virginia Segregationist Could Be Renamed

By STEVE SZKOTAK, ASSOCIATED PRESS
RICHMOND, Va. — Mar 9, 2016, 12:18 PM ET

A movement is growing to remove the name of Virginia's foremost defender of school segregation from a Richmond-era middle school.

Harry F. Byrd was Virginia's leading political figure from the 1920s through the 1960s.

But some parents and students, along with African-Americans who once attended segregated schools, are asking a suburban Richmond school board to erase Byrd's name from the building. The Henrico County school board could act as soon as Thursday.

At public meetings, name-change proponents argued that a man who fought to keep black children out of classrooms with white children should not have a school named after him.

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/school-honors-virginia-segregationist-renamed-37521768

[kwassa]

1. Virginia is full of schools named after Confederates.

I hope they change them all.

[NWCorona]

2. Sadly not just Virginia but I'm sure you already know that.

I'd homeschool before I would send my kids to one.

[heaven05]

3. operative word

could. More probable, never.

[Eugene]

4. Later story: Board OKs Name Change for School With Segregationist's Name

Board OKs Name Change for School With Segregationist's Name (Associated Press)

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/board-oks-change-school-segregationists-37557219

The name will be taken down. They now have to decide what to replace it with.

[heaven05]

5. LET US GO THE OTHER WAY

Malcolm X high school would be a good one as far as I am concerned.