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		</div><p>A US state’s largest school system is removing the name of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from one of its high schools in favour of the late US Representative John Lewis.<br />
The Fairfax County School Board in Virginia approved the change during a meeting.<br />
A news release posted on the school district’s website says the new name will be effective for the 2020-21 school year.</p>
<figure id="attachment_159334" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-159334" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-159334" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ACC44FD8-A433-4FE3-B2FE-2F06AA8FA782.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-159334" class="wp-caption-text">A make-shift memorial near the home of John Lewis in Atlanta, Georgia</figcaption></figure>
<p>The board had already voted unanimously last month to remove Lee’s name.<br />
It adopted John R. Lewis as the new name one day after numerous people spoke in favour of the change at a public hearing.<br />
Other names under consideration included Barack Obama, Cesar Chavez, Mildred Loving, Central Springfield and Legacy.</p>
<figure id="attachment_159331" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-159331" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-159331" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/7B996C52-409F-4217-8CFB-362F81A3F98A.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="337" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-159331" class="wp-caption-text">The statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is the only Confederate monument left on on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia</figcaption></figure>
<p>The change comes nearly three years after the school system removed the name of Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart from another high school, renaming it Justice High.<br />
School boards throughout the Virginia and across the South have been removing Confederate names from schools in the wake of protests over racial injustice.</p>
<p>Mr Lewis, a civil rights leader who represented a metro Atlanta district in Congress, died last week. His name was under consideration even before his death.<br />
Meanwhile, a mostly white high school in northern Mississippi is retiring Confederates as the name of its sports teams.</p>
<p>Caledonia has used the mascot since 1957, and it is often abbreviated to Feds.<br />
The Lowndes County school board voted to drop the name after local residents expressed concerns about the image it portrays.</p>
<p>The Confederates were the losing side in the American Civil War which was prompted by pro-slavery states’ attempts to secede from the Union which quelled the rebellion.</p>
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