This week, Akilah takes a close look at Shenandoah County, Virginia, where one of the more public fights over Confederate iconography has been playing out over the past few years. In 2020, two schools in Shenandoah County named after Confederate generals were changed to Mountain View High School and Honey Run Elementary School. However, the racists fought to change the names back. Incredibly, the students took up the challenge. Akilah speaks with a local journalist and a lawyer representing the students in this legal battle to get a full scope of what it takes to defeat the Confederacy...again.

Rebel Spirit is a production of Ninth Planet Audio in association with iHeart Podcasts. 

Reporting and writing by Akilah Hughes, she is also the Host and Executive Producer.

Produced and Written by Dan Sinker. 

Edited and Mixed by Rudy Jansen.

Executive Producers for Ninth Planet Audio are Elizabeth Baquet and Jimmy Miller. 

Executive Producer for iHeart Podcasts is Cristina Everett.

Our theme song is All The Things I Couldn’t Say performed by Busty and The Bass, courtesy of Arts and Crafts Records. 

Email read voice performance by Niccole Thurman.

Special thanks to our guests this episode, Clyde McGrady, Nate Kline, Ty Seidule and Kaitlin Banner.

If you want to get in touch, email us at rebelspiritpodcast@gmail.com. And visit our website www.rebelspiritpodcast.com where you can check out our merch store. 

 

This week, Akilah takes a close look at Shenandoah County, Virginia,&nbsp;where one of the more public fights over Confederate iconography has&nbsp;been playing out over the past few years. In 2020, two schools in&nbsp;Shenandoah County named after Confederate generals were changed to&nbsp;Mountain View High School and Honey Run Elementary School. However,&nbsp;the racists fought to change the names back. Incredibly, the students&nbsp;took up the challenge. Akilah speaks with a local journalist and a&nbsp;lawyer representing the students in this legal battle to get a full&nbsp;scope of what it takes to defeat the Confederacy...again.
Rebel Spirit is a production of Ninth Planet Audio in association with iHeart Podcasts.&nbsp;
Reporting and writing by Akilah Hughes, she is also the Host and Executive Producer.
Produced and Written by Dan Sinker.&nbsp;
Edited and Mixed by Rudy Jansen.
Executive Producers for Ninth Planet Audio are Elizabeth Baquet and Jimmy Miller.&nbsp;
Executive Producer for iHeart Podcasts is Cristina Everett.
Our theme song is All The Things I Couldn&rsquo;t Say performed by Busty and The Bass, courtesy of Arts and Crafts Records.&nbsp;
Email read voice performance by Niccole Thurman.
Special thanks to our guests this episode, Clyde McGrady, Nate Kline, Ty Seidule and Kaitlin Banner.
If you want to get in touch, email us at&nbsp;<a href="mailto:rebelspiritpodcast@gmail.com">rebelspiritpodcast@gmail.com</a>. And visit our website <a href="https://www.rebelpsiritpodcast.com">www.rebelspiritpodcast.com</a> where you can check out our merch store.&nbsp;
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In Season Two of Rebel Spirit, Akilah Hughes picks up where her battle to change her high school’s Confederate mascot left off and quickly realizes the problem was never just a mascot. Shifting from her high school still clinging to the “Rebels” name to the long fight over a Jefferson Davis statue in the Kentucky State Capitol, Season Two expands into a sharp, funny, and deeply reported investigation into how America decides what, and who, it chooses to honor. Along the way, Akilah speaks with politicians from both sides of the aisle about their support for change, historians who help contextualize the fight to remove Confederate monuments, and artists who are part of building monuments their whole community can be proud of. All in an effort to answer this season's big question, if we’re willing to tear down racist monuments, why is it so hard to replace them with something better? 

In Season Two of Rebel Spirit, Akilah Hughes picks up where her battle to change her high school&rsquo;s Confederate mascot left off and quickly realizes the problem was never just a mascot. Shifting from her high school still clinging to the &ldquo;Rebels&rdquo; name to the long fight over a Jefferson Davis statue in the Kentucky State Capitol, Season Two expands into a sharp, funny, and deeply reported investigation into how America decides what, and who, it chooses to honor. Along the way, Akilah speaks with politicians from both sides of the aisle about their support for change, historians who help contextualize the fight to remove Confederate monuments, and artists who are part of building monuments their whole community can be proud of. All in an effort to answer this season's big question, if we&rsquo;re willing to tear down racist monuments, why is it so hard to replace them with something better?&nbsp;

Rebel Spirit

Episode 5: Oh, Shenandoah 

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