Jackson schools named for Confederate leaders get new identity
Elementary school to be renamed in honor of Drs. Aaron and Ollye Shirley Share Updated: 6:39 PM CST Dec 15, 2020
Elementary school to be renamed in honor of Drs. Aaron and Ollye Shirley Share Updated: 6:39 PM CST Dec 15, 2020
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Show Transcript HE ACTUALLY HAD DEFERENCE BECAUSE SHE ACTUALLY MADE FOREST HILL REMOVE THE REBEL FLAG AS HIS MASCOT. TARYN SURELY IS TALKING ABOUT HIS LATE MOTHER. DR. ALI SHIRLEY WHO ACCOMPLISHED THE FLAG REMOVAL DURING HER 15 YE YEAR TENURE AS JPS BOARD PRESIDENT. THEN THERE WAS HIS FATHER THE LATE. DR. AARON SURELY CALL. THE ASHLEY WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE JACKSON ALCOHOL AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH IN ANDERSON AND WITH HELP FROM UNIVERSE OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER IN COLLEGE, AND IT HAS REALLY BEEN A GODSEND TO NOT ONLY LIKE HEALTHCARE IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, BUT ALSO FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT IS FOR BEING LOCATED WHERE IT’S LOCATED TO