Montgomery County BOE votes to rename Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis high schools

Image from the Montgomery Alabama Public Schools' Facebook page.  

The Montgomery County Board of Education voted rename Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis high schools to Dr. Percy Julian and Jag high schools respectively. 

According to WSFA it was a 5-2 decision from the board. 

Percy Julian was a chemist who was known for his synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants.

JAG is a combination of the abbreviations of the last names of three men active during the Civil Rights Movement. 

These were: Judge Frank Johnson Jr., a federal judge; Ralph Abernathy, a pastor associated with Martin Luther King Jr.; and Rev. Robert Graetz, a pastor who supported the Montgomery bus boycott.

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