Virginia NAACP sues school board that restored Confederate names

A new lawsuit seeks to prevent Mountain View High School in western Virginia from going back to its former name, Stonewall Jackson High School. The Shenandoah County School Board voted in May to restore the Confederate general's name to the school.

Plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, include five students who say they don't want to be forced to glorify or represent historical figures who fought to maintain slavery and white supremacy.the Rev. Cozy Bailey, the Virginia NAACP president, said at a news conference Tuesday. The board’s recent decision, he said, echoed the Jim Crow era of injustice and intimidation.

On Tuesday, a student who spoke at the NAACP news conference said that the decision made her feel"unwelcome in a place that I go every day, which should never be the case." "Plaintiffs are not seeking damages in this case," said attorney Ashley Joyner Chavous, of the Covington & Burling law firm, at Tuesday's news conference."They are seeking change — in the right direction."

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