Person
Judge Michael F. Urbanski
U.S. District Court judge — in 1 story, 2 quotes on record.
What they said verbatim
“The Confederate names were restored with complete awareness of their historic legacy and ongoing discriminatory impact… the affirmative act of reinstating these vestiges of segregation is far more problematic than a passive failure to remove a long-standing name or symbol.”
Associated Press · Aug 7 · Federal judge orders Virginia county to drop restored Confederate school names
“schools are places where children should have an 'educational environment free of vestiges of racial discrimination'”
Associated Press · Aug 7 · Federal judge orders Virginia county to drop restored Confederate school names