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DENVER—Denver’s South High School is dropping its “Johnny Rebel” logo after a groundswell of objections from students who said it has racist implications.
The Denver School Board on Thursday granted students’ request to replace the Confederate soldier’s profile with the image of a griffin, a mythical beast with a lion’s body and an eagle’s head and wings.
The new image was taken from a griffin perched over the main entrance of the school.
South’s teams will still be called the Rebels.
Principal Bill Kohut estimated it will cost $15,000 to replace or conceal the Johnny Rebel logos at South High and at the 10 Denver Public Schools gyms where all the district’s high school emblems are displayed.
