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The statue of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America, stands in Richmond, Virginia
(Reuters)
A Mississippi school is shedding the name of the Confederacy’s only president and will instead be named for the first African-American president of the United States.
Davis International Baccalaureate Elementary School in Jackson was named decades ago for Jefferson Davis.
The school with 98 percent African-American enrollment is set to be renamed for Barack Obama in the next academic year, in a move proposed by parents and approved by a majority of students, parents, faculty and staff members.
The PTA president, Janelle Jefferson, announced the planned change at a school board meeting Tuesday.”The…
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