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Murals Depicting the Confederate Flag in Elementary School Painted Over After Complaints

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Murals depicting the confederate flag have been removed from an elementary school in Crossville, Tennessee, after a local man complained that they represent racist symbols.  “They are both in one public school elementary gym where all the children go …

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Salt Lake City Elementary School Changes Name from “Andrew Jackson” to “Mary Jackson,” After NASA’s First Black Female Engineer

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The school board in Salt Lake City, Utah, has voted to change the name of the city’s oldest elementary school, the Andrew Jackson Elementary School.  The board voted to adopt the name, “Mary Jackson Elementary School,” after NASA’s first female …

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