A Byrnes High School alumnus is leading an effort to change the school’s Rebel nickname. Terry Moore, a former Byrnes football player, has asked the West Spartanburg chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to request a change of the school’s nickname. Barbara Jones, president of the West Spartanburg NAACP, said the organization’s board will make a decision on the issue during a meeting next Monday night. “He brought it to me a couple of weeks ago,” Jones said.
Alumnus Wants Naacp To Ask For A Change In Byrnes Rebel Nickname
By Zach Fox
zach.fox@shj.com, Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Mon, 07/13/2015 - 7:36pm
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