Christal Hayes USA TODAY Published 9:45 p.m. UTC Jun 19, 2018 The Virginia city that acted as the capital of the Confederacy has renamed one of its schools in honor of Barack Obama — a different historic figure altogether from the southern military leader who was once the school's namesake. The move by J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School in Richmond is the latest the state has considered in the aftermath of last year's deadly white nationalist protest in Charlottesville. Monday's 6-1 vote by the Richmond School Board to rename the school to Barack Obama Elementary School also came just one day before Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S. "It’s incredibly powerful that in the capital of the Confederacy, where we had a school named for an individual who fought to maintain slavery, that now we’re renaming that school after the first black president," school Superintendent Jason Kamras told … [Read more...] about Virginia school’s namesake changes from Confederate leader to Barack Obama
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Barack Obama gets school named after him in former Confederate Capital
Former President Barack Obama. Image courtesy of Twitter. The school board in Richmond, Virginia, on Monday night voted to rename an elementary school after former President Barack Obama. J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School, named after a Confederate general, will become Barack Obama Elementary School. The decision means that Richmond, the former capital of the Confederate States of America, will soon have a school honoring America’s first black president. The lone school board member who voted against the decision advocated for delaying the vote, favoring a name that would honor a local figure. “This is Richmond and we are about history and we have so many great local stories to tell,” said Kenya Gibson, who represents the elementary school, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. “Our local stories are so important to cherish.” Numerous municipalities across the country have grappled with renaming or removing Confederate monuments in recent … [Read more...] about Barack Obama gets school named after him in former Confederate Capital
School drops Confederate name in favor of Barack Obama
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Mike Leach, victim of smear job in his own firing, rationalizes tweeting out old one on Barack Obama
Seven years ago, my kid came home from 6th grade and told me his earth sciences teacher had shown the class a video and asked them to write a paper about whether they believed it. It was a conspiracy-theory film postulating that the United States manned moon landings might have been faked by NASA. I flipped out. First, I tried to get the school district superintendent but initially had no luck. Then, I called the middle-school principal and ranted. I told him my father was an industrial engineer for Rockwell International, the defense contractor that built the Apollo command/service module. I told him my background in gobbling down everything I could as a kid during every stage of the "Space Race" in the 1960s. Then, I finally was hooked up with the instructor. This was a science teacher, mind you, not a debate teacher. I tried to figure out what he intended with this assignment. How, I asked, could a science teacher, a public employee paid by state and local taxes, present nonsensical … [Read more...] about Mike Leach, victim of smear job in his own firing, rationalizes tweeting out old one on Barack Obama
WSU coach Mike Leach tweets fake Barack Obama video, stirs up a Twitter storm
Washington State coach Mike Leach spent most of Sunday night fending off angry Twitter users after he tweeted a fake YouTube video of Barack Obama with the comment, “Listen to this. Text your thoughts. There is a lot of disagreement on government, so I think that an open discussion is always in order. Tweet your thoughts, maybe we can all learn something.” Problem was, the video he referenced turned out to be a hoax. The video, showing former President Barack Obama delivering a speech in Brussels in March 2014, had audio clips stitched together to make it appear as if Obama were saying the average citizen was too “small-minded to govern their own affairs, but order and progress can only come when individuals surrender their rights to an all-powerful sovereign.” As of Monday morning, Leach’s original tweet has been deleted. However, the story had already taken on a life of its own. As multiple Twitter users and media outlets pointed out — many … [Read more...] about WSU coach Mike Leach tweets fake Barack Obama video, stirs up a Twitter storm