name changes

A local university is making a major change following pressure from students and alumni. Wednesday, the George Washington University board of trustees decided to scrap the Colonials moniker as a way to unify the campus community. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

The George Washington University will drop use of the nickname the Colonials after years of consideration, school officials announced Wednesday.

The Northern Virginia high school made famous by the film “Remember the Titans” officially changed its name. Students were behind the push, in an effort to remove the school’s segregationist namesake from its legacy. NBC4’s Juliana Valencia shows the moment the new sign was revealed.

Washington and Lee University’s trustees have voted against removing the name of Confederate Gen. Robert E

Virginia’s Washington and Lee University is expected to reveal whether or not it will change its name in June, nearly a year after a committee was formed to evaluate the school’s ties to Confederate Gen. Robert E

There are more than 150 monuments, buildings and parks in D.C. that have now been recommended for name changes, removal or contextualization. The historic figures they are named after have been found to be racist or don’t reflect the values of D.C. residents. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

More than 150 monuments, buildings and parks in D.C. have now been recommended for name changes, contextualization or removal because the historic figure they are named for is either considered a racist or doesn’t reflect the values of D.C. residents. Over almost two months, D.C. residents got to weigh in and the D.C. Facilities and Commemorative Expressions Working Group...

Decades after the Civil War ended, Confederate monuments began to be erected in the South – in part as a response to a Northern movement to honor its own soldiers with statues. Mark Elliott, a history professor from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, joined LX News to delve into the history of the Confederate statues and why some...