A Name change doesn't change History

New Jersey Elementary School Ditches Thomas Jefferson From Name Because He Owned Slaves

A New Jersey elementary school has changed its name following a reported student-led campaign to scrap Thomas Jefferson due to his affiliation with slavery.

Per Fox News, Thomas Jefferson Elementary in South Orange will now be known as Delia Bolden Elementary. That name was picked from a list of options that included other historical figures and some options that didn’t reference people at all.

The publication noted that Delia Owens was the first black woman to graduate high school in the area.

Slavery was a different time, a different age, a different culture. What this school should be teaching are all Thomas Jefferson's notable acts such as the Declaration of Independence and elected as the third president of the United States of America. In 1807, American foreign trade was diminished when Jefferson implemented the Embargo Act in response to British threats to U.S. shipping. The same year, Jefferson signed the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves.

A friend of mine sent this article as it relates to where we grew up as kids. Those attending my high school were from Maplewood and South Orange, New jersey. This school is in South Orange. In those days, New Jersey was rated the top educational system in the country. Now it is a Blue state and obviously things have radically changed.

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