Another piece of history to be hidden.
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Minnesota school drops former president James Monroe's name over slavery
A Minnesota school board voted 6-1 to drop former President James Monroe’s name from a school and two of its buildings over his ownership of slaves Tuesday.
Linwood Monroe Arts Plus, formerly Monroe High, will now be known as Global Arts Plus, after the Saint Paul School Board voted to change the name, the Star Tribune reported Tuesday.
One of the school buildings bearing Monroe’s name housed Pre-K to fourth grade while the other was for fifth through eighth graders, Director of Communications for Saint Paul Public Schools Kevin Burns told The Daily Caller News Foundation over email Wednesday.
Parents originally came up with the idea and not the board, Burns added.
“The process to arrive at this name began with the understanding and recognition that the name ‘Monroe’, after slave-owner James Monroe, did not deserve such a place of honor–that such a name does not reflect the values and aspirations of our diverse school, our school of immigrants, our school where all are welcome and all come to experience the promise of the arts and of an education,” Burns said.
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