FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) – A western Arkansas school board plans to rename a
school that pays homage to a Confederate general. The Fort Smith School Board on
Monday voted 6-1 to change the name of Albert Pike Elementary to Park Elementary after the street where it’s located. School district Superintendent Doug Brubaker can change the name at the beginning of the 2021-22 school year. The board unanimously approved a resolution Aug. 24 to adopt a new name for Albert Pike Elementary. The resolution revealed that Pike, a Confederate general, joined a petition in 1858 to “expel all free blacks from the State of Arkansas.”
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