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Sun Jul 26, 2020, 08:41 PM Jul 2020

Robert E. Lee High in Virginia Will Be Renamed for John Lewis, District Says

Source: New York Times

“The name on the school building is something each student had to walk under, and you want that name to be someone they can aspire to be,” ..... “That person should be someone that a student can embody.”...

She has imagined returning to school and seeing Mr. Lewis’s name on the front of the building. “The feeling of knowing I go to John R. Lewis High is amazing,”

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/us/robert-e-lee-high-school-john-lewis.html

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Robert E. Lee High in Virginia Will Be Renamed for John Lewis, District Says (Original Post) reACTIONary Jul 2020 OP
Now that is justice! Good for them!! NT Bleacher Creature Jul 2020 #1
That is good news! NoRoadUntravelled Jul 2020 #2
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