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Jenkins said that despite Middleton's segregationist views in the 1950s, the general had enforced the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] when he was appointed by Governor [[John J. McKeithen]] as the chairman of the Governor's Biracial Commission on Human Relations, Rights and Responsibilities in 1965. Jenkins said that Middleton "was at the forefront" in the resoulution of racial crises in the 1960s in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Opelousas in St. Lanery Parish, Ferriday in Concordia Parish,, and Bogalusa<ref name=nameremoval in Governor John Bel Edwards' Tangipahoa Parish.
Jenkins said that despite Middleton's segregationist views in the 1950s, the general had enforced the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]] when he was appointed by Governor [[John J. McKeithen]] as the chairman of the Governor's Biracial Commission on Human Relations, Rights and Responsibilities in 1965. Jenkins said that Middleton "was at the forefront" in the resoulution of racial crises in the 1960s in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Opelousas in St. Lanery Parish, Ferriday in Concordia Parish,, and Bogalusa<ref name=nameremoval in Governor John Bel Edwards' Tangipahoa Parish.
Robert E. Lee High School in Baton Rouge was also renamed Lee High School. Then on June 18, 2020, the politically correct East Baton Rouge Parish School Board appointed a committee to develop an alternative name for Lee High School. Connie Bernard, a Republican member of the school board for District 8, at first defended the name of General Lee and urged his critics to study the totality of Lee's career. However, Bernard quickly reversed course and pledged to work for racial reconciliation: “I condemn racial injustice in any form. I promise to be part of the solution and to listen to the concerns of all members of our community. I stand with you, in love and respect. … I agree with (New Orleans Saints football player) Drew Brees when he said, ‘We have a long way to go…. We can do better. We are all part of the solution.’ I promise I will be part of the solution.”<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/education/article_50df7e4c-b27f-11ea-b969-5b0376f4116f.html|title=Baton Rouge school board member apologizes for comments defending General Robert E. Lee|author=Charles Lussier|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=June 19, 2020|accessdate=June 20, 2020}}</ref>
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