First hearing on Hamptons Confederate schools (VA)

POSTED 4:38 AM, OCTOBER 26, 2017, BY BRIAN HILL, UPDATED AT 09:33PM, OCTOBER 26, 2017

HAMPTON, Va. – The Hampton School Board heard from dozens Thursday night regarding the removal of Confederate names at two schools ...

The Hampton chapter of the NAACP and the Peninsula chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference said schools honoring confederate leaders represent hate, segregation, slavery, and the KKK.

Both organizations have been trying to get the names changed for more than a year.

... Hampton School Board's policy manual .. states .. elementary and middle schools are named in honor of people who have shown outstanding service to mankind and their community ...

http://wtkr.com/2017/10/26/public-hearing-thursday-for-hamptons-confederate-named-schools/