A Charlotte high school is changing its name, changing its namesake from a former slave owner and Confederate military leader to a Civil Rights leader who fought to desegregate schools--Vance to ...

CHARLOTTE — When some Charlotte students return to school in the fall, their high school will have a new name, new graduation gowns, athletic uniforms and t-shirts. The school previously known ...

In 2021, Vance High School, named after a Confederate leader, will change to Chambers High, renamed for a civil rights icon. NCHSAA state champions react.

Zebulon B. Vance High School is now Julius L. Chambers High School, dropping its Confederate namesake in honor of the civil rights icon whose legal work led to the desegregation of Charlotte ...

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board's decision to rename Vance High for civil rights attorney Julius Chambers goes counter to what many students at the school had hoped for.

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 October, Vance High School in Charlotte, NC had its name changed to Julius L. Chambers High. But the football team is first playing a final season as Vance.

For the second straight season, Vance High School is champion of The Charlotte Observer’s Sweet 16 high school football poll. The school will receive a large banner to hang in its gym.