Secretary Julián Castro Wants NEISD To Rename Robert E. Lee High School
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro called on the North East Independent School District to change the name of Robert E. Lee High School.
The former San Antonio mayor stated the district should form a committee to identify individuals that are "more appropriate" to honor in a post published to his personal Facebook page on Tuesday.
Symbols of the Confederacy abound in Dallas
Confederate flags might be coming down in other Southern states, but emblems of Texas’ rebel past dot the Dallas landscape in the form of park statues, elementary schools and graveyard memorials.
Past attempts in Dallas to remove the symbols have been unsuccessful — or nonexistent. While some consider them reminders of racist hate, others say they are a part of the state’s history that can’t be erased.
“A lot of these memorials in Texas were built when Confederate soldiers were still alive,” said Gary Bray, commander of the Texas Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. “Their government asked them to step forward to fight for their state, and they did.”