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Virginia county to vote on reinstating Confederate leaders' names at schools

A Virginia district will vote on restoring the names of Confederate leaders to two public schools (Credit: AFP)

A school board in Virginia is set to vote on restoring the name of Confederate leaders to two county schools, following their removal in the aftermath of the racial protests catalyzed by the death of George Floyd.

Concretely, the board of Shenandoah County will decide whether to reverse the decision that changed the names of the schools, linked to Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Turner Ashby, pro-slavery Confederate leaders during the Civil War.

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