Northside Coalition, local students hold news conference to demand name changes of schools
The event is designed to influence the school board to rename some public schools that have Confederate ties.
Credit: WTLV Published: 8:07 AM EDT April 16, 2021 Updated: 9:59 AM EDT April 16, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Northside Coalition of Jacksonville and local students plan to host a news conference Friday morning ahead of the Jacksonville City Council and Duval County School Board joint meeting.
The event is designed to influence the school board to rename some public schools that have Confederate ties.
Ben Frazier of the Northside Coalition says local state and national organizations have now endorsed the local effort to change the names of schools in Duval County that honor confederates.
Activists across Florida are condemning the Florida Legislature s approval of House Bill 1, the so-called anti-riot bill that Gov. Ron DeSantis put forward last year.
The bill won the final approval of the Florida Senate on Thursday and has become one of the most controversial items of the 2021 Florida legislative session.
DeSantis proposed the new legislation following the Black Lives Matter protests that occurred across the country last year following the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. The bill was officially filed in the Legislature the same day as the Capitol Hill riot in Washington, D.C. This is a very robust package, DeSantis said when he outlined tougher penalties against protesters, most of which are contained in HB 1. I think what it s saying is we are not going to let Florida go down the road that some of these other places have gone.
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