Vance High School is now Julius L ... civil rights icon whose legal work led to the desegregation of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in the 1970s. The CMS board voted 8-0 to approve the name ...

Zebulon Vance was a Confederate general, a slaveholder, a North Carolina governor and a U.S. senator -- but he won't be the namesake for a Charlotte-Mecklenburg high school much longer.

CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg County School Board voted to Tuesday to rename Vance High School in honor of civil rights attorney Julius L. Chambers. Zebulon B. Vance was a former senator ...

Mecklenburg which helped integrate schools. The CMS board voted unanimously last year to change the school’s name. Vance was controversial because he was a Confederate military captain during ...

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' Zebulon Vance High isn't likely to have that name much longer. But the name and the school are deeply entangled with the history of race and education in Charlotte.

In the past two seasons, seven of the 19 CMS schools have changed football coaches. Vance is expected to name Glenwood Ferebee, from Virginia, to replace Brand. And South Mecklenburg will have to ...

Vance High School is now Julius L ... civil rights icon whose legal work led to the desegregation of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in the 1970s. The CMS board voted 8-0 to approve the name ...

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board voted unanimously Tuesday to rename Vance High School in honor of Charlotte civil rights lawyer Julius Chambers. In 1997, the CMS board agreed to name the ...