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Hundreds Of Schools & Other Structures Named After Avowed Segregationists Spread Across 8 States
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10:05Now PlayingTwo reporters from Education Weekly found 180 schools or public structures named after after avowed segregationists and white supremacists in eight states.
From Education Weekly []
Schools and other public structures that memorialize leaders of the Confederacy have gained intense attention and generated fierce arguments recently—Education Week has found 180 named after Confederates. But there's another category of schools that raises similar issues about racial sensitivity while seldom attracting the same scrutiny: schools named after post-Civil War politicians who supported racial segregation up to and through the landmark progress for civil rights in the 1950s and 1960s.
Roland Martin spoke with Andrew Ujifusa about these schools or monuments that were named in honor of confederate leaders.
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