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The proposed renaming of Thomas Jefferson Primary School after the late civil rights leader C.T. Vivian continues to evoke strong reactions in Peoria.
At a town hall meeting Wednesday night, former ACLU Peoria Chapter president Spanky Edwards said Jefferson was a hypocrite, writing that all men are created equal in the Declaration of Independence despite being a slaveholder himself. In 2021, with what is going on around the entire world, and what is happening in America, C.T. Vivian is a 10 times better 100 times better candidate to have a honor of a school named after him than a deplorable president who owned slaves and raped slaves, Edwards said.
PPS takes comments on Jefferson School name change
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PPS takes comments on Jefferson School name change
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