An elementary school in Jackson named for the president of the Confederacy will be renamed after the nation’s first black president next year.
Davis IB Elementary School PTA president Janelle Jefferson told the Jackson Public Schools Board of Trustees at a meeting Tuesday night that the community voted to change the school’s name to Barack Obama Magnet IB Elementary School.
In September, the board approved a policy that gave the PTA and community the option to rename Jefferson Davis, George and Lee elementary schools. Davis is named after Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy.
The current board policy on naming schools states they must be named “for persons of good character and prominence who have made outstanding contributions to the school system,” and a “facility named to honor a person shall not be renamed except for compelling reasons.”
The school is apparently about 96% black so of course attending a school named after the man who fought to keep their ancestors as slaves probably did not exactly make them feel welcome.
Of course Mississippi is still a very racist state, so I predict there will be some substantial protests when the new sign with Obama's name is first erected.
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/school-blasts-reprehensible-students-for-posing-with-swastika-jack-o-lanterns-in-town-rocked-by-racism/
ReplyDeleteObama is a great role model- not only for black kids but all kids. i hope no violence comes the school.
ReplyDelete...that we even think that should give us all pause in what is happening to America... A box of pure evil has been opened by Pres. POS and won't be closed easily.
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'That bohemian grove of destructive, greedy, shallow souls.
They have no plans except to "take".'
I hope and really suspect that many more schools & other institutions will be named in the future after the greatest President of my lifetime, Barack Obama. He's awesome!
ReplyDeleteYea! Appropriate as Hell! Named after one heck of an outstanding POTUS that will go down in history as being so!
ReplyDeleteIn Mississippi? Maybe the Fates look down on that school. I'm afraid those racists will burn it to the ground.
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ReplyDeleteI drive by one in MD. Its been named that since his 1st term or after hc bill passed.
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