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Robert E. Lee High School in Virginia will change name to honor John Lewis

By Mica Soellner
Published July 24, 2020 12:24am ET
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Robert E. Lee High School in Virginia will change name to honor John Lewis
Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., attends a ceremony to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first recorded arrival of enslaved African people in America, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. | (Patrick Semansky/AP)

A Virginia high school named after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee will replace its name to pay tribute to the late Rep. John Lewis.

The Fairfax County School Board voted on the change on Thursday, making the rename effective for the 2020-2021 school year.

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