What's in a name?

I graduated from Lee High School, home of the Generals. It seems inappropriate to name a school at which roughly half of the students are African-American after a Confederate Civil War General. I suppose this may better than our cross-town rivals, the Butler Rebels, but not by much.

When I attended, we were given a silver star after completing each year. Upon graduating, we earned a fifth bonus star and became “five-star generals.” Thus, the student career was modeled after that of a Confederate officer.