Freeman High School in Henrico County will no longer use the nickname “Rebels,” the county school ... for his biography of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Marshall said the school has tried ...

Robert E. Lee in Richmond ... The university’s mascot was a costumed Rebel fighter, and the school’s marching band performed in Confederate-themed uniforms. Less than two decades after ...

Robert E. Lee was toppled from its ... ordering the desegregation of all schools. Lee High School was opened as all-white in 1955. The school’s marching band wore Confederate uniforms.

It’s been almost a decade since the Austin elementary school my kids attended, the school formerly known as Robert E. Lee Elementary ... ‘We are a band of brothers and native to the soil ...

Nearly one year after Robert E. Lee High School was put up for renaming consideration ... but the bulk will pay for new athletics and band uniforms. Three-quarters of the rebranding cost will ...

As part of NPR's series on democracy, We Hold These Truths, we examine the debate at Robert E. Lee High ... The school has been around since 1927. The most famous alumni named their band Lynyrd ...

MIDLAND, Texas — Rachelle and Greg Martin graduated from Robert E ... High School will be developing a history of its own. The couple is reflecting today on what it meant to be a Lee Rebel.

Students at Robert E. Lee High School chose from four ... Midland Independent School District’s school board decided Legacy High’s mascot would continue to be the rebels, but would now be depicted as ...

The 17-year-old high school senior is an ... She currently reigns as the 66th Miss Robert E. Lee. But while Hooper works daily to represent her school in a positive light, she doesn't feel like ...

A monumental statue of Robert E. Lee stands in Richmond ... Remarkably, the school still has a chapel dedicated to the former rebel chieftain, with a statue of Lee prominently displayed.

Virginia lawmakers will vote on whether to replace a statue of Robert E. Lee with one of Barbara Rose Johns. In 1951, she led a student walkout to protest her high school's segregated facilities.

Meanwhile about 2 miles away at Robert E. Lee High School ... of her and the band performing in the Georgia Dome. De'areon Walker has often been reminded of the school’s legacy from parents ...