Elementary School Changes Confederate Name To Honor Barack Obama

RICHMOND, Va. (WJZ) -- An elementary school in Virginia is making a big statement by changing its name.

J.E.B. Stuart Elementary School in Richmond is currently named after a Confederate general. But the Richmond Public School Board voted Monday to rename it Barack Obama Elementary School.

Name suggestions came from the community and students -- 95 percent of whom are African-American.

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