Florida school named for Ku Klux Klan leader to change title

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Florida school named for Ku Klux Klan leader to change title

BY ERIC M. JOHNSON
Tue Dec 17, 2013 8:02am EST

(Reuters) - A Florida high school whose name commemorates a leader of the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist group with a history of lynchings and other violent acts against blacks, is to be renamed, officials said on Monday.

The Nathan Bedford Forrest High School in Jacksonville, Florida, where more than half the students are black, will change its name from that of the Ku Klux Klan's first grand wizard from the start of the next school year in August.

A new name will be proposed in January.

"We recognize that we cannot and are not seeking to erase history," said Constance Hall, a board member for the Duval County school, which was founded 54 years ago.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/17/us-usa-florida-kkk-idUSBRE9BG0CS20131217

[riqster]

1. The students originally voted for "Valhalla High" and "Vikings"

But some racists on the school board overruled them in order to flip the bird at the Civil Rights movement.

So, just restore the result of the original vote.