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Virginia NAACP sues school board for reinstating Confederate names

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By BEN FINLEY
Associated Press

The Virginia NAACP has sued school officials in a rural county after they restored Confederate military names to two schools. The federal lawsuit accuses the Shenandoah County school board of embracing segregationist values and subjecting Black students to a racially discriminatory environment. The board voted last month to revert the name of Mountain View High School back to its original name, Stonewall Jackson High School. It also voted to revert Honey Run Elementary back to Ashby Lee Elementary. The vote reversed a 2020 decision to remove the Confederate names against a backdrop of nationwide protests over racial injustice. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in western Virginia.

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