Dueling petitions over name of Mexico High band

Dueling petitions have led to a debate over whether Mexico High School’s band should keep the name Mexico High Dixie Gray Marching Band. An online petition calls for a name change, saying in part “This name glorifies the traitorous slave-owners of the Confederacy and should be relegated to Missouri’s racist past.” Mexico native Derek Maxwell …

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