More than 100 public schools in the United States are named for Confederate leaders. Perhaps 90 percent of them are named for General Robert E. Lee, Confederate President Jefferson Davis or General Stonewall Jackson. That information comes from the Southern Poverty Law Center. Many of the schools were founded as all-white schools during the days of racial segregation. But now they also serve African American students. At least 12 now have majority Black student bodies. A new push has come to rename many of the schools as nationwide protests over police abuse and racial injustice have led to the removal of Confederate statues. Several school systems in Alabama, Texas and Virginia have voted to change school names in recent months, but local resistance and state laws make that no simple act.
Title: A Push to Change Confederate School Names across US South
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4518/B.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='A Push to Change Confederate School Names across US South' data-article-id='5014'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7396'>More than 100 public schools in the United States are named for Confederate leaders.</span> <span data-start-time='7396' data-end-time='19458'>Perhaps 90 percent of them are named for General Robert E. Lee, Confederate President Jefferson Davis or General Stonewall Jackson.</span> <span data-start-time='19458' data-end-time='24979'>That information comes from the Southern Poverty Law Center.</span> <span data-start-time='24979' data-end-time='33938'>Many of the schools were founded as all-white schools during the days of racial segregation.</span> <span data-start-time='33938' data-end-time='39125'> But now they also serve African American students.</span> <span data-start-time='39125' data-end-time='45021'>At least 12 now have majority Black student bodies.</span> <span data-start-time='45021' data-end-time='59625'>A new push has come to rename many of the schools as nationwide protests over police abuse and racial injustice have led to the removal of Confederate statues.</span> <span data-start-time='59625' data-end-time='75729'>Several school systems in Alabama, Texas and Virginia have voted to change school names in recent months, but local resistance and state laws make that no simple act.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4518/B.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=15814 data-hint-location='19458' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4518/what_is_the_southern_poverty_law_center.wav'>What is the Southern Poverty Law Center?</div><div class='choices' 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