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Two Alabama high schools get new mascots after paying $50,000 fine to remove Confederate names
New names challenged 2017 Alabama law on monuments
(The UK Independent) – Two Alabama public high schools have new names and mascots, after paying a $50,000 fine to the state to remove their previous, Confederate-inspired names.
This week, the Montgomery-based JAG High School unveiled its new mascot, the jaguar, while another Montogomery school, Percy Julian High School, revealed a mascot of its own, the phoenix.
In November, the Montgomery school board approved the name change, following an outcry in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd and the nationwide Civil Rights uprisings that followed.
JAG, named for a trio of civil rights figures – Judge Frank Johnson, Ralph Abernathy, and Reverend Robert Graetz – was previously named for Confederate General Robert E Lee. Percy Julian, now named for a notable local African-American chemist, was previously called Jefferson Davis, for the…
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