A public elementary school in Mississippi named after the president
of the Confederacy will be renamed to honor the first black president of
the United States.
Davis Magnet International Baccalaureate
Elementary in Jackson, which is named for Jefferson Davis, will be
renamed Barack Obama Magnet International Baccalaureate Elementary
beginning next school year, the school's PTA president, Janelle
Jefferson, said at a Jackson Public Schools Board of Trustees meeting
Tuesday night.
The prospect of changing the name of what
Jefferson called the best elementary school in Mississippi was raised by
a student, she told NBC News.
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