A road named for Confederate leader comes under fire 150 years after war

Media mentionStop Memorializing a Slave Owner and White Supremacist: Rename Jefferson Davis HighwayA road named for Confederate leader comes under fire 150 years after war

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Jul 13, 2015

More than 3,000 people have signed online petitions calling for a change in the name of Jefferson Davis Highway in Virginia, buoyed by growing national scrutiny of the Confederate flag and other symbols of the vanquished South. The name applies to the portion of U.S.

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