List of changes made due to the George Floyd protests
After George Floyd, an African American, was killed during a police arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in May 2020, there were major protests – in the United States and elsewhere – calling for an end to systemic racism. During the course of these protests, several controversial forms of symbolism were changed or removed.
At first, changes were focused on the removal of monuments to the Confederate States of America, its leaders, and its military. In addition to the removal of statues, numerous schools and buildings were renamed, and display of the Confederate battle flag was prohibited by many organizations.
The subjects of the protests expanded; in the United States memorials to Christopher Columbus and the conquistadors were targeted, because their colonization of the Americas resulted in the genocide of Native American people. In the United Kingdom, memorials were removed and names changed in connection with the Atlantic slave trade, British colonialism, and eugenics. In Belgium, monuments to King Leopold II were removed, and many were defaced. In Australia and New Zealand, attention was focused on the effects on British colonization on Indigenous Australian and Māori people.
Key:
Employment practices
Flags
Design changes
Prohibition of Confederate flag emblems
Removal of physical flags
Heraldry
Notable proposed changes:- The coat of arms of Massachusetts, displayed in the Seal of Massachusetts and Flag of Massachusetts contains a colonist's sword held over the image of a Native American, both of which were criticized by activists.
Monuments and memorials
Museums and other displays
Names
Police reforms
Products
Games
School mascots
| School | Old | New | Location | US state | Reported | Executed | Details | |
| Richland High School | Rebel | North Richland Hills | Texas | June 19 | School board voted to change the Rebel mascot and associated imagery. Change.org petition to "Abolish Confederate Branding at Richland High School" had amassed over 26,000 signatures. Some changes in the campus area are to be executed immediately. | |||
| Martin High School | Indian hairdress logo and associated decor | Arlington | Texas | July 1 | ||||
| Quartz Hill High School | Rebel | Quartz Hill | California | Antelope Valley Union High School District administrators made the announcement to remove both the Rebel mascot and name, effective immediately. Change.org petition to remove the mascot had amassed over 5000 signatures. | ||||
| A. B. Miller High School | Rebel | Fontana | California | School administration decided to remove the mascot and halt usage of the phrase "Rebel Nation", effective immediately. | ||||
| Brighton Central School District | Baron | Brighton | New York | Superintendent stated that "he Baron is a symbol of elitism and privilege at best and can be historically traced to slavery", and announced that the search for a new mascot would begin. | ||||
| Loudoun County High School | Raiders | Leesburg | Virginia | June 30 | The school board voted unanimously to retire the mascot, which was based on the Confederate Mosby's Raiders. | |||
| Shady Side Academy | Indians | Fox Chapel | Pennsylvania | July 1 | The board of trustees voted unanimously to retire the school's mascot and team name. Academy President Bart Griffith announced there would be a process to select a new mascot in the months to come. | |||
| Nashoba Regional High School | Chieftains | Bolton | Massachusetts | July 1 | The Nashoba Regional School Committee voted unanimously to retire the mascot and remove any Native American iconography from the high school. | |||
| Anderson High School | Redskins | Hamilton County | Ohio | July 2 | The board of the Forest Hills Local School District voted 4–1 to retire the Redskins name. | |||
| Parkwood High School | Rebels | ' | Monroe | North Carolina | Union County Schools Board of Education voted 6–2 to change the name and mascot. An image of a Confederate soldier had been removed from the school logo earlier after the NAACP called for its change in 2009. | |||
| Juanita High School | Rebels | ' | Kirkland | Washington | Lake Washington School District Superintendent Jon Holeman announced that the school's Rebels mascot would be removed immediately. | |||
| Capital University | Crusaders | Bexley | Ohio | The Board of Trustees approved a measure to retire the Crusaders nickname and the mascot Cappy. The name and mascot will continue to be used until an official retirement. | ||||
| Caledonia High School | Confederates | Caledonia | Mississippi | July 17 | The Lowndes County School Board voted to retire the nickname. | |||
| Roncalli High School | Rebels | Indianapolis | Indiana | July 22 | The school's interim president announced that the Rebels nickname would be retired due to "negative connotations" and that a task force would select a new mascot and nickname. |