was the only white pastor who openly supported the Montgomery bus boycott and became the target of scorn and bombings for doing so.vowed to strip the Confederate namesakes
. A debate over the school names began amid protests over racial inequality following the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota. Someone ripped down a statue of Lee outside his namesake school during the demonstrations. Like many other Confederate-named schools, Lee — named for the Confederate Army general — opened as an all-white school in 1955 as the South was actively fighting integration. Davis, named for the Confederate president, opened in 1968. But white flight after integration orders and shifting demographics meant the schools became heavily African American.
The Montgomery City Council last year voted to rename Jeff Davis Avenue for attorney Fred D. Gray. Gray grew up on the street during the Jim Crow era and went on to represent clients including Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks.or face a lawsuit for violating a state law protecting Confederate monuments and other longstanding memorials. The city paid the fine in order to remove the Confederate reference.
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA Erase all history! 😭😜
Who thought it was a good idea to name a school after losing traitors anyway? Makes no sense.
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