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Formerly known as Edward Devotion School, this is a public K-8 school in Brookline, Massachusetts. It was renamed in 2020 after a vote by Town Meeting, following a controversy over the Devotion family's slave ownership.
22 janv. 2021 · An elementary school that was once attended by John F. Kennedy is being renamed to honor a Black activist and suffragist after research revealed its previous namesake enslaved people.
26 févr. 2021 · Learn about the history and renaming of Brookline's largest elementary school, which was originally named after an enslaver and now honors a suffragist and civil rights leader. See photos of the Edward Devotion House, the historic building behind the school, and its connection to the Coolidge Corner neighborhood.
Edward Devotion (1688-1744) was an enslaver who had a school named for him from 1892 to 2018. In 2018, Town Meeting voted overwhelmingly to remove his name from the school. At the end of a year-long selection process, Town Meeting voted to rename the school after Florida Ruffin Ridley, an African American civil rights leader who had lived in ...
26 févr. 2021 · Devotion School, now renamed the Florida Ruffin Ridley School, was where John F. Kennedy attended from kindergarten to third grade. Learn about the school's history, significance, and how it honors JFK's legacy.
Edward Devotion & the Former Devotion School: A Chronology 1645 - Edward Devotion (1621-1685), an immigrant French Protestant (or Huguenot) first appeared in the records of Muddy River, a hamlet of the Town of Boston. He would go on to serve several roles in the hamlet.
29 mai 2018 · Right now, the Edward S. Devotion School — one of Brookline's largest K-8 schools — is in the middle of a $120 million rebuild.
