No more 'Generals' and 'Volunteers.'
Two Montgomery schools will now have new colors and mascots after dropping Confederate names.for JAG and Dr. Percy L. Julian high schools, two schools formerly named for Confederate leaders Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis.to rename one high school for Percy Julian, a Montgomery-born African American chemist, and the other for a trio of white and Black civil rights figures: Judge Frank Johnson, Ralph Abernathy and Rev. Robert Graetz.
“If we can unite under Confederate names, surely we can unite under individuals who have done something incredible for Montgomery,” board member Arica Watkins-Smith said during the vote last fall. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, at least 200 schools across the South were named for Confederate leaders as of 2021. The SPLC counted 24 in Alabama, though many are named for current counties and cities. At least three, however, are still named for Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
For now, Percy L. Julian is still located in the same building as its former namesake Robert E. Lee High. Construction on a new building is set to start in the spring, as part of the district’s capital improvement plan.
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