Judge Rules Two Virginia Schools Must Change Confederate Names | Flipboard

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What to know about Judge Rules Two Virginia Schools Must Change Confederate Names

A federal judge has ordered a Virginia school board to remove the names of three Confederate officers from two schools. The judge stated that the decision to use these names was linked to racial discrimination.

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What happened

Judge Rules Two Virginia Schools Must Change Confederate Names The school board’s decision to rename the schools after Stonewall Jackson, Robert E.

Why it matters

Lee and Turner Ashby “cannot be divorced from racial discrimination,” the judge wrote in his ruling.

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A federal judge has ordered a Virginia school board to again remove the names of three Confederate officers from … The New York Times flipped this story into U.S.•10d

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The school board’s decision to rename the schools after Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Turner Ashby “cannot be divorced from racial discrimination,” the judge wrote in his ruling.”

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While the evidence confirms the schools were named after Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Turner Ashby, and that the judge ruled the decision discriminated against Black students, the provided evidence does not contain the specific quote: 'cannot be divorced from racial discrimination.' The Wikipedia entries provided are general biographies and do not reference this specific court ruling's text.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lee–Jackson Day was a state holiday in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia, commemorating Confederate commanders, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Its observation was eliminated in 2020, replaced b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee–Jackson_Day

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general whose early actions in the American Civil War led to his appointment as the overall commander of the Confederate State…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Lee

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee Monument, often referred to simply as the Jackson and Lee Monument or Lee and Jackson Monument, was a double equestrian statue of Confederate generals Stonewall…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson_and_Robert_E…

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Claim 2: “Judge Rules Two Virginia Schools Must Change Confederate Names”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that a federal judge ordered a Virginia school board to change school names because they were named after Confederate figures, citing discrimination against Black students.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The flags of the Confederate States of America have a history of three successive designs during the American Civil War. The flags were known as the "Stars and Bars", used from 1861 to 1863; the "Stai…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_the_Confederate_State…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Confederate States Army (CSA), also called the Confederate army or the Southern army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) dur…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_Army

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederate States or the Confederacy, was a republic in the Southern United States from 1861 to 1865, unrecognized as a sovereign nation by …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America

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Claim 3: “A federal judge has ordered a Virginia school board to again remove the names of three Confederate officers from …”

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Two separate web search results explicitly state that a federal judge ordered a Virginia school board to remove the names of three Confederate officers from its schools.

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