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Parents say local school shouldn’t be named after slave owner
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Some parents in Rolando are fighting to change the name of their local school. They say Henry Clay Elementary is named after a former congressman who not only kept slaves but was responsible for the expansion of slavery into other states.
“The school is named after someone who enslaved 122 people,” said Jerrod Tucker. He’s one of several parents with children at the school who have spent the past several months trying to get the name changed.
But the group says they feel like they’ve been getting nowhere with the San Diego Unified School District.
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