Jaime R. Carrero

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Trudy Lamb, a Tyler Texas runner exposes the racist legacy of Robert E. Lee

Location: DFW Texas, United States

Nationality: Puerto Rican

Biography: Jaime R. Carrero is a professional photojournalist based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas.Work has been published by AP, Reuters, New York Times, WSJ, LA Times, Texas Tribune, Dallas Morning News, Austin American Statesman, San Antonio... MORE

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Trude Lamb Location: Tyler, TX ... Credit: Jaime Carrero for ESPN

Trude Lamb Location: Tyler, TX 9/9/20 Trude Lamb wrote to her high school over the summer that she will no longer compete as a cross country athlete wearing the school’s current uniform- which includes the name “Lee”, as in Robert E. Lee. Credit: Jaime Carrero for ESPN

Trude Lamb Location: Tyler, TX 9/9/20 Trude Lamb wrote to her high school over the summer that she will no longer compete as a cross country athlete wearing the schoolâ€™s current uniform- which includes the name â€œLeeâ€, as in Robert E. Lee. Credit: Jaime Carrero for ESPN

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Trudy Lamb, a Tyler Texas runner exposes the racist legacy of Robert E. Lee

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Updated Nov 2020

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Trudy Lamb forces Tyler Texas' Robert E. Lee HS to reckon with its name's racist past. Some of the following images from the ESPN story in the below.

The remarkable story of how a teenage runner battled the legacy of Robert E. Lee
After the death of George Floyd, Trude Lamb, a cross country star in Tyler, Texas, refused to compete for her high school, Robert E. Lee, unless it changed its name.