Independent Joseph Britt brought in around five thousand votes. We won the vote to change the name of Lee High, but the work continues until Connie is gone. [CDATA[ I would hope that they would learn a little bit more about General Lee, because General Lee inherited a large plantation and he was tasked with the job of doing something with those people who lived in bondage to that plantation, the slaves, and he freed them, she said, according to CNN affiliate WVLA/WGMB. I condemn racial injustice in any form. [CDATA[ // ]]> // ]]> // ]]> // ]]> // ]]> // ]]> // ]]> // ]]> // ]]> // ]]> // ]]> // ]]> // ]]> // ]]> // ]]> // ]]> // ]]> // ]]> I joined this race purely to serve, and Im looking forward to the next phase of the election. This afternoon, Connie said she would NOT resign from the school board. He was a horrible person who helped cause the death of thousands of Americans to uphold the rights of states to keep African people enslaved in America. You sit your arrogant self in here and sit on there shopping while the pain and the hurt of the people of this community is on display because you dont give a damn and you should resign, the activist, Gary Chambers Jr., told board member Connie Bernard at the hearing. Use your voice to let EBR Schools know its time for change. I need your memory to be long. East Baton Rouge Parish school system is 80% Black and Bernard believes we should keep a school named after a man who fought to keep slavery. ABC News reached out to Bernard but has yet to hear back. BATON ROUGE, La. Chambers!!. In the summer of 2020, she came under fire from politically correct liberals angered at her vacillation about Confederate names on public buildings. Updated: Nov 10, 2022 / 09:38 AM CST BATON ROUGE, La. TRUST, you def want to watch it in its entirety. [CDATA[ // <! Connie needs to resign. In Baton Rogue, where more than 50% of residents are black, many people have criticized the name, saying it memorializes a man who owned hundreds of slaves.
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