Virginia NAACP sees compromise on Confederate issue
BOB STUART bstuart@newsvirginian.com
The interim executive director of the Virginia State Conference of the NAACP said Monday the organization does not support having schools named after Confederate generals. But Executive Director Jack Gravely said the organization does not have an official position on Confederate monuments or highways named after Confederate generals.
Gravely said the Virginia NAACP's position on schools is that "it is inappropriate'' to honor "people who seceded from the union and committed treason" ...
Gravely said he does not think the NAACP should be concerned about Confederate monuments or highways named in the honor of Confederate generals. Augusta County's U.S. 11, named Lee Highway in honor of the general, shouldn't need to be renamed ...
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