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Two Alabama high schools get new mascots after paying $50,000 fine to remove Confederate names

Two Alabama high schools get new mascots after paying $50,000 fine to remove Confederate names

Historic Marker Unveiled at Home of Late Robert and Jeannie Graetz

Alabama News Historian Richard Bailey organized the ceremony. The Graetz are nationally recognized for their work during the civil rights movement. The Graetz began their support for the civil rights movement during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. They were the only white  clergy to openly support the boycotts. Robert was a white minister of a majority black Luthran church in Montgomery. Their home was bombed by the KKK twice. The Graetz passed way just three months apart. Jeannie Graetz was 90 years old, Reverend Robert Graetz was 92.  

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