Posted on 08/25/2015 2:37:48 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Oscar-winning actress Julianne Moore is campaigning that her high school change its name away from a Confederate general.
JEB Stuart High School in Fairfax, Virginia, was founded in 1959 and allegedly named in honor of the Civil War commander in apparent protest at the Supreme Court's decision to integrate schools.
Moore and her high school friend-turned-producer Bruce Cohen are demanding that the school rename itself, and started a Change.org petition that had already amassed more than 28,000 signatures as of Monday night.
The school formerly included the Confederate flag on its basketball court and in its school symbol. Moore said that students should not have to be embarrassed about a name with ties to slavery.
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I had no idea she had done that, none whatsoever.
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