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Florida school named after KKK leader to be renamed

The identity of a Jacksonville high school named after an early Ku Klux Klan leader is finally changing after the school board voted unanimously Monday to call it something else.

Duval Public Schools Superintendent Nikolai Vitti wants the students of the mostly black high school to decide on a new name to replace Nathan B. Forrest. The change will happen in July 2014, according to FirstCoastNews.com.

A previous attempt to change the Florida school's name was struck down by the school board in 2007....

Read entire article at USA Today