A Virginia county won approval Wednesday to rename its portion of Jefferson Davis Highway, the latest blow in the divisive debate over honoring Confederate leaders. The Commonwealth Transportation Board unanimously voted to allow Arlington County to rename the stretch of the road – officially U.S. Route 1 -- Richmond Highway. Davis was the president of the Confederacy during the early 1860s. The road is already called Richmond Highway in Fairfax and Alexandria Counties. The road's name was established to "terrorize" African-Americans, said Delegate Mark Levine, who found the exemption allowing the transportation board to act on the proposed name change.

Source: Fox News May 15, 2019 21:11 UTC