From slave owner to civil rights icon: Chambers High officially gets a new name
Anna Maria Della Costa, The Charlotte Observer
Josh Vaughn sat quietly near the back of the auditorium at Charlotte’s Julius L. Chambers High School, a new football helmet with a new logo on his lap.
“I feel good about this,” said the 17-year-old football player for the Cougars. “My senior year, and a school name change to someone who fought for us in North Carolina. It’s really good.”
Vaughn was one of dozens of people who attended the official renaming ceremony Wednesday for Julius L. Chambers High School. The event drew dignitaries from across the city and state, including Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board and City Council members, CMS Superintendent Earnest Winston and U.S. Rep. Alma Adams.