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Florida school named for Ku Klux Klan leader to change title
(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
"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.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/sns-rt-us-usa-florida-kkk-20131217,0,5733901.story
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