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School Board votes to rename Nathan Bedford Forrest High School
ActionNewsJax.coim ^ | 12/17/2013 | Alyana Gomez

Posted on 12/17/2013 12:47:34 PM PST by South40

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A time to mend the divide; a sentiment that was met with a standing ovation.

The Duval County School Board voted unanimously to remove the name of a Confederate general from a Westside high school. School leaders called it a move for progress.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: nathanbedfordforrest
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Forrest was a KKK member, So was Robert KKK Byrd. So naturally, we can expect Robert C. Byrd High School in West Virginia to be renamed soon...right? /s
1 posted on 12/17/2013 12:47:34 PM PST by South40
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To: South40

I am...patiently waiting....for his namesake, a long time FR brother to respond......


2 posted on 12/17/2013 12:48:57 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: South40

Soon to be...The Nelson Mandela School for the Hearing Impaired


3 posted on 12/17/2013 12:49:56 PM PST by clintonh8r (Don't twerk me, Bro!)
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To: South40

Truman was also ex K-cube


4 posted on 12/17/2013 12:50:43 PM PST by tophat9000 (Are we headed to a Cracker Slacker War?)
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To: tophat9000

Democrats, of course will tell anyone (even Slick Willie) that he HAD to be a KKK member just in order to get elected by those inbred country, black hating hicks.


5 posted on 12/17/2013 12:53:14 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: South40

Shows they don’t understand what being a Confederate means. But then again neither do most ‘Americans’.


6 posted on 12/17/2013 12:54:28 PM PST by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: South40; NathanBedfordForrest
thanks, for the post.
..over here ping.

7 posted on 12/17/2013 12:55:07 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi :-)
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In the words of WFB, this decision is an exercise in triviality.

But let’s be honest about Byrd. He stopped being a KKK member over 60 years ago and apologized for it many times over the years.


8 posted on 12/17/2013 12:56:17 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: skinkinthegrass

LOL! Bet that old self esteem quotient went sky high. I guess the FL school will be the “travon martin memorial institute for higher learning”. Or just the “skittles school of cultural diversity”.


9 posted on 12/17/2013 12:57:47 PM PST by rktman (Under my plan(scheme), the price of EVERYTHING will necessarily skyrocket! Period.)
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To: tophat9000
Truman was also ex K-cube
*foggy memories*...As were many, in the Old South/Border States...

10 posted on 12/17/2013 12:59:08 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi :-)
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To: EveningStar

Yeah, but man-de-la apologized to but he was still a pos.


11 posted on 12/17/2013 12:59:25 PM PST by rktman (Under my plan(scheme), the price of EVERYTHING will necessarily skyrocket! Period.)
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To: South40

$500K dollars to make the change and not a single students grades in state tests will go up but the board and others will “FEEL” better
Freegards
LEX


12 posted on 12/17/2013 12:59:47 PM PST by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: EveningStar

As long as we’re being honest; Byrd used the word “nigger” as recently as 2001. That, and being a KKK member should be enough to remove his name from any high school.


13 posted on 12/17/2013 1:00:01 PM PST by South40 (Liberalism is a Disease)
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To: South40

Duval County is Northeast Florida’s toilet.


14 posted on 12/17/2013 1:00:21 PM PST by EEGator
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To: nathanbedford

ping


15 posted on 12/17/2013 1:00:44 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: clintonh8r

LOL

Whose mascot will now be a flaming radial tire called Winnie.


16 posted on 12/17/2013 1:00:48 PM PST by Uncle Chip
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Academic performance at all grade levels in Duval County is circling the bowl; the recently-appointed Superintendent of Public Schools is out of depth; highly qualified and effective teachers are either leaving or being driven off; and this is what the Duval County School Board thinks is important to focus on.

Meh!


17 posted on 12/17/2013 1:01:11 PM PST by Arm_Bears (Refuse; Resist; Rebel; Revolt!)
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To: rktman

PURPLE DRANK ELEMENTARY!


18 posted on 12/17/2013 1:01:44 PM PST by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS! BETTER DEAD THAN RED!)
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Or just the “skittles school of cultural diversity”
don't forget the high-energy drinks sold in the Cafeteria...

19 posted on 12/17/2013 1:02:26 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi :-)
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To: South40

How about Andrew Jackson HS?...........


20 posted on 12/17/2013 1:02:52 PM PST by Red Badger (Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
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