Latinx activists in an Illinois town oppose renaming Thomas Jefferson Middle School after the Obamas
Updated 12:21 PM ET, Thu April 1, 2021
Latinx activists in Waukegan, Illinois, voiced opposition to renaming the school after Barack and Michelle Obama at a school board meeting, citing the former president s record on immigration. (CNN)Residents of one Chicago suburb are divided over how to rechristen a school named for a founding father who enslaved hundreds of Black people.
A majority of residents in Waukegan say they don t want the district s Thomas Jefferson Middle School to keep its name. But they haven t yet been able to agree on someone else to name the school after.
Latinx activists in an Illinois town oppose renaming Thomas Jefferson Middle School after the Obamas
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