Officials rename middle school named after white supremacist

RALEIGH, NC (AP) — School leaders in North Carolina have voted to change of the name of a school that was named after a lifelong white supremacist and newspaper publisher.

The Raleigh News & Observer reports that Wake County school leaders voted to remove the name of Josephus Daniels from a Raleigh middle school.

The county school board took the vote on the same day that a statue of Daniels was removed from the city. The school will be renamed Oberlin Middle School.

The school is on Oberlin Road.

The name also honors a community that former slaves founded.