A high school in Virginia named after Confederate General Robert E. Lee will be renamed after civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis

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• Robert E. Lee High School in Virginia will now be named John R. Lewis High School after the civil rights icon. 
• Lewis died from pancreatic cancer last week, but his name was on a shortlist of potential new names before his death. 
• There was a push to have the school be renamed to honor him after his death, WUSA9 reported.
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A Virginia high school named after Confederate General Robert E. Lee will soon be named after civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, who died last week from pancreatic cancer, according to a statement from the Fairfax County School Board.

Fairfax County school board members revealed the new name on Thursday, but according to WJLA, Lewis was on a shortlist to replace the high school's current name prior to his death. 

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