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SF school board rescinds vote to cover up Washington mural

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2019, photo, people fill the main entryway of George Washington High School to view the controversial 13-panel, 1,600-square foot mural, the "Life of Washington," during an open house for the public in San Francisco. The San Francisco school board voted Wednesday, June 22, 2022, to rescind a previous decision to cover up a George Washington campus mural from the 1930s that critics claim is racist and degrading in its depiction of Black and Native American people. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) FILE - People fill the main entryway of George Washington High School to view the controversial 13-panel, 1,600-square foot mural, the "Life of Washington," during an open house for the public on Aug. 1, 2019, in San Francisco. The San Francisco school board voted Wednesday, June 22, 2022, to rescind a previous decision to cover up a George Washington campus mural from the 1930s that critics claim is racist and degrading in its depiction of Black and Native American people. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
SF school board rescinds vote to cover up Washington mural