Two schools in rural Virginia that were stripped of the names of Confederate generals at the height of the Black Lives Matter movement have had their original titles restored.
The Shenandoah County school board voted on Friday to restore the names of Stonewall Jackson High and Ashby Lee Elementary, which have been known as Mountain View High School and Honey Run Elementary School for the past four years.
The original names of the schools honor three Confederate leaders – Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, Turner Ashby and Robert E Lee.
The schools had their names changed in 2020, in response to public anger in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police in 2020. Public buildings across the US have been renamed, while statues of southern generals have been removed, as protesters demanded that figures with historical links to slavery are not commemorated.
Over 60 schools have abolished Confederate names across the country since 2020 – with the two schools in Virginia being the first to restore them.
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