The Post's Sonja Isger on the "Jefferson Davis" Middle School in Palm Springs, FL

A Letter to the Editor was published in The Palm Beach Post on Tuesday, October 27th, and here is part of that letter:

An "insult to both black and white" citizens?

The author of this letter and the Post editorial board both agree that the Confederate battle flag should remain on the Florida Senate seal. Senator Arthenia Joyner vehemently disagrees.

A recent Post article by Sonja Isger titled, "Look back: Local middle school dropped Jefferson Davis’ name from its name" includes some interesting historical insight. Here is an excerpt:

     The move to remove the name of the president of the Confederacy from a local middle school brewed for years, but came off with seemingly little debate 10 years ago this week [emphasis added] – Monday actually.
     It was June 29, 2005, when the Palm Beach County School Board ended a more-than-four-decade run as Jefferson Davis Middle School. Palm Springs Middle was born.
     At the time of the vote, at least 10 other schools across the country bore Davis’ name, according to a search of the National Center for Education Statistics. The same search today, turns up only five: two public middle schools, one public high school, a community college and a private pre-k through high school.
     When Palm Beach County built its Jefferson Davis school in 1961, only three districts, Broward, Dade and Volusia had integrated their schools, and then by only small numbers. The students at Jeff Davis, as it came to be known, were all white.

If you're interested, read more about Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States during the Civil War. If you recall, that was the war to protect the "workers" who "immigrated" from Africa: