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.

What is the Southern Poverty Law Center?
a law school in the south
a nonprofit legal advocacy organization specializing in civil rights
a free cooking school for low-income people
a high-priced law firm for the rich
About how many U.S. public schools are named after Confederate leaders?
100
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Many of the schools named after Confederate leaders were founded during the days of racial segregation.
the Obama administration
the Clinton administration
the pandemic
racial segregation