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Jun 19, 2018 · When students at J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School in Richmond, Va., return from their summer break, they will no longer be studying at a school named after a Confederate general who fought for...
Nearly everyone in a sparse crowd favored removing Confederate Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart’s name from a Richmond elementary school in the city’s first community meeting on the topic Wednesday...
5 days ago · The Richmond School Board voted 6-1 Monday night to rename J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School, the city’s lone Confederate-named school, to Barack Obama Elementary School, a move that comes as...
- JUSTIN MATTINGLY Richmond Times-Dispatch
Jun 19, 2018 · The Richmond School Board voted Monday to rename a Virginia school that originally used the moniker of a Confederate leader to the Barack Obama Elementary School. The vote was 6–1 in favor of changing the name of JEB Stuart Elementary School, the last remaining school in Richmond, Virginia, named after a Confederate leader.
- Michelle Broder Van Dyke
- Buzzfeed News Reporter
Jun 19, 2018 · Richmond’s school board voted 6 to 1 to rename J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School after former president Barack Obama. Black students make up more than 90 percent of the school’s enrollment.
- Debbie Truong
Apr 23, 2024 · Richmond Public Schools has renamed several schools that were initially named for members of the Confederacy — including Ginter Park. The effort started in 2018, when the former J.E.B. Stuart Elementary was renamed Barack Obama Elementary School.
Apr 13, 2018 · The Richmond School Board signaled its intent to rename J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School, is named for a Confederate cavalry leader.
