School delays evergreens mascot vote over fears it s tied to lynching James Gordon For Dailymail.com © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo
A high school in Oregon that was considering changing its mascot to that of an evergreen tree is delaying its vote over concerns about the image s potential ties to lynching.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School in Portland was renamed earlier this year after a prominent black activist and reporter who documented lynching.
The school had wanted to ditch its old Trojan mascot along with the name change and settled on the evergreen tree after input from students and staff who chose from among 420 possible choices.
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School delays evergreens mascot vote over fears it s tied to lynching
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