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Illinois School Will Not Be Named After Barack And Michelle Obama Following Protests

Emily Zanotti
Illinois School Will Not Be Named After Barack And Michelle Obama Following Protests
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A Waukegan, Illinois, middle school will not be renamed “Barack and Michelle Obama Middle School” after pro-immigration activists complained that the former president had a dismal record on deportations.

Instead, Thomas Jefferson Middle School will be renamed after the late Georgia Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights legend who died last summer.

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