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Woodrow Wilson High School principal Pete Cahall stunned his students Wednesday when he came out as gay during the school's LGBT pride event. (WJLA)

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FOR USE SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2014, AND THEREAFTER - Urban Prep charter high school graduate Jamil Boldian stands outside his former high school on Wednesday, June 4, 2014, in Chicago. While in college at Heidelberg University Boldian, became the business manager of a black student union, the founder of a dance troupe and the first black president of a school fraternity. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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New York University Professor Marco Williams says his game, "The Migrant Trail," is a chance for students to experience and truly understand the human toll of U.S. immigration policy. (TheUndocumented.com)

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Students from Fairview Elementary School of Dover Del., relax at the fountain in the National Gallery of Art's Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., Monday, June 2, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Stanford University starting pitcher Logan James (23) delivers a pitch during an NCAA college baseball regional tournament game in Bloomington, Ind., Sunday, June 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler)

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Stanford University starting pitcher Logan James (23) delivers a pitch during an NCAA college baseball regional tournament game in Bloomington, Ind., Sunday, June 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler)

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School spirit: A Redskins emblem at Union 6th/7th Grade Center. Indian groups want students to learn more about them beyond such logos. (Tulsa World)

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What's in a nickname?: Union High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has resisted changing its football team name, the Redskins. Other high schools have dropped the moniker in response to American Indian protests. (Tulsa World photographs)

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Port Townsend High School is on the periphery of nine reservations on Puget Sound. The school ultimately began to favor a name change after deciding that offending nobody was better than potentially offending somebody. (Port Townsend High School)

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Alabama celebrates after defeating Oregon in an NCAA Women's College World Series softball tournament game in Oklahoma City,Sunday, June 1, 2014. Alabama won 2-0. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)

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Alabama's Haylie McCleney celebrates on the way home after hitting a home run during the fifth inning of an NCAA Women's College World Series softball tournament game in Oklahoma City,Sunday, June 1, 2014. Alabama won 2-0. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)