Rachel Dolezal legally changes name to African phrase

Published March 2, 2017 12:02am ET



Rachel Dolezal, the former NAACP chapter president who pretended to be black, changed her full name in October to an African phrase, according to court documents in Spokane, Wash.

Dolezal now goes by Nkechi Amare Diallo.

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